{
  "id": 14210717,
  "title": "'Hope so heavy to carry': Al-Shaer on harrowing plight, emotional toll, struggle to survive in Gaza",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/hope-so-heavy-to-carry-al-shaer-on-harrowing-plight-emotional-toll",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T13:36:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/hope-so-heavy-to-carry-al-shaer-on-harrowing-plight-emotional-toll-struggle-to-survive-in-gaza"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Eve Irvine is pleased to welcome Palestinian writer and poet Mahmoud Al-Shaer, “Am I real, or just a number in this war?” In I Am Still Alive: Dispatches from Gaza, Palestinian writer Mahmoud Al-Shaer explores how war transforms memory, childhood and the meaning of existence. Recounting his family's displacement, his daughter's understanding of a world reduced to tents, and his evacuation from…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}