In Palestine, scholasticide –the systematic destruction of education– has intensified over the past three years. In Gaza, no university remains standing, and most schools have been reduced to rubble.

In Palestine, trauma is woven into the environment children grow up in through displacement, loss and fear.

When the ceasefire was announced, @tamerkuhail , from our team in Cairo spoke with the children and gathered some of their thoughts. These are the voices of children forced from their homeland, Palestine, by Israel’s genocidal violence.

Self-portrait drawing offers a safe and supportive space where they can explore their identity, feelings, and inner world without fear or pressure.

We asked Tuqa, 13 years old, simple questions about fear, safety, tomorrow, and growing up. Her answers reveal deeper stories. Stories of responsibility, loss, hope, and dreams that refuse to fade.

When children are forced to exchange books for firewood, classrooms for water lines, and dreams for survival, this is not accidental. It is the systematic, violent destruction of childhood and knowledge: Epistemicide.