Dr Samah Sabawi is a Palestinian-Australian writer living in Melbourne.
Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza doesn’t surprise me. Palestinians have always understood what repeatedly targeting us with 2000-pound bombs was about.
My first published piece of writing was a letter written to The Age when I was 15, in 1982. It was about the Sabra and Shatila massacres. I’m still writing.
Maybe she will survive and find joy once again in the cracks of life that will make every minute worth living.