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Lina Ghassan Abu Zayed

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Lina Ghassan Abu Zayed is an optometrist and writer from Gaza.

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TOPSHOT - Sudanese refugees who have fled from the war in Sudan get off a truck loaded with families arriving at a Transit Centre for refugees in Renk, on February 13, 2024.More than 550,000 people have now fled from the war in Sudan to South Sudan since the conflict exploded in April 2023, according to the United Nations. South Sudan, that has itself recently come out of decades of war, was facing a dire humanitarian situation before the war in Sudan erupted and it is feared to not have the resources to host displaced people. The war-torn country of Sudan is currently ravaged by internal fighting between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). (Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP) (Photo by LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty Images)

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From Gaza to Sudan: “Their Pain Is Ours”

Lina Ghassan Abu Zayed

The unfolding tragedy in Sudan reminds us in Gaza that wars, hunger, and destruction are not isolated events.