Ali Skaik, Gaza

Ali Skaik is an English Literature student and writer from Gaza City. He joined Poetry of the Camps in 2025 and continues to write poetry.

In his words, "Literature should be lived not just read. Growing up amid the struggles in Gaza, every word I write carries the reality I face daily. Literature becomes my way of living, feeling, and speaking the truth of the spirit, pain, and enduring hope of my people.

My writing is a bridge between distant lives, a voice that carries the struggles of Gaza to those who might never see it, turning stories of pain into sparks of hope and action."

Ali has been published on We Are Not Numbers, The Nation and The Intercept.