As a graduate student from Gaza studying in Wyoming, I live in two dimensions: one where life moves peacefully forward, and another where everything I love is collapsing. I live in both worlds at once, holding grief and strength in the same breath.

Abdalrahim Abuwarda hiking at Medicine Bow Peak which lies in the heart of the Snowy Range, about 45 minutes west of Laramie, Wyoming.As a graduate student from Gaza studying in Wyoming, I live in two dimensions: one where life moves peacefully forward, and another where everything I love is collapsing. I live in both worlds at once, holding grief and strength in the same breath.

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