The Truth Museum: Diaries from Humans But From Gaza.
Welcome to The Truth Museum, the diary archive for our Humans But From Gaza initiative. Explore un-filtered narratives shared directly by individuals navigating life during the war in Gaza, revealing daily survival, loss, resilience, and hope under siege. Engage respectfully with these authentic testimonies to connect with the human experience often overlooked and deepen your understanding of Gaza.
Studying in the Eye of the Storm (From a Distance)
It feels… surreal every single day. I wake up here, in my room in Cape Town. The mountain is visible sometimes, shrouded in mist, and there is the usual student buzz outside—people talking about classes, assignments, and weekend plans. And I go to UWC. I sit in lectures, open textbooks, and try to focus on theories and concepts that suddenly feel utterly detached from reality—my reality. Because my reality is also... Gaza. Simultaneously. All the time.
Debugging While the Lights are Out (Somewhere Else)
The screen is finally showing the right thing. The crucial update is live. My eyes ache, raw and tired after a night glued to this monitor. It is 05:08 in the morning. Another night vanished into pixels and problem-solving here in Cape Town. I have been battling a stubborn issue that made it difficult, sometimes impossible, for new diaries to be perfectly saved and displayed on The Truth Museum pages. It is not a simple fix; it is one of those deep-seated snags that required taking everything apart and carefully putting it back together, testing every angle—hour after hour. And all those hours, I kept thinking of them. I think of L and M, whose incredible work involves preparing these vital testimonies and are eagerly awaiting the chance to see people's diary submissions flood into our new Museum. I think of N, whose outstanding art needs a solid platform for the world to see and who shares that excitement for this new space where we will collect the truth. Gym Rat, who is trying to gauge how our message is landing, needs the site to be consistently functional to understand our reach. They could not help me hunt down a digital problem; their fight is a different kind of urgent, physical, and immediate. They only need the tools to work whenever they get a window of possibility.