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Rebuilding Gaza from the Ground Up — A Palestinian family in Khan Younis, Gaza, whose home was destroyed in Israeli attacks, builds a shelter using mud and the rubble of destroyed houses, since construction materials are not allowed into the area. November 2025. Abdallah F.s. Alattar/Anadolu via Getty Images

Reconstruction

Rebuilding Gaza from the Ground Up

An Interview with Minerva Fadel of Architects for Gaza

Minerva Fadel, Hannah Sender • 12 min read

Issue 317 (Winter 2025) Masthead

Middle East Report, “Reconstruction and Ruin,” Winter 2025, No. 317, Vol. 54 No. 4 Executive Director James Ryan jamesryan@merip.org Executive Editor Billie Jeanne Brownlee bbrownlee@merip.org Managing Editor Marya Hannun maryahannun@merip.org Senior Staff Editor & Photo Editor Michelle Woodward mwoodward@merip.org Cover Designer John

(Author not identified) • 1 min read

A Note on the Cover Image — Urbacide, 2019. Mohamed Al Mufti

A Note on the Cover Image

The cover of MER’s winter issue features an acrylic and oil on canvas painting by Syrian architect and artist Mohamed Al Mufti, from his series Urbacide. Produced in 2019 during the counter-revolutionary war in Syria, the painting deploys texture and contrast to depict a damaged urban streetscape: A darkened,

(Author not identified) • 2 min read