software engineer & a survivor from gaza, now in cairo. due to the war, I suffered a lumbar disc herniation in 4 vertebrae and a tumor in my spine
Gaza, Palestine
Joined April 2018
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I spent 8 years writing clean code as a software engineer.
Today, I cannot sit in a chair for 5 minutes without crying in pain.
This is not about the war anymore. This is about whether a father of three will ever walk again.
A short thread from my bed 🧵👇
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When the water systems were destroyed, my kids were thirsty. What would any father do?
For 7 months, I walked over 1.5 km every single day carrying 30-liter water barrels on my shoulders. Day after day.
I didn't stop until one morning, my legs gave out. I collapsed into the rubble and couldn’t get up.
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