Huwaida Arraf, the activist who sees Gaza as a political problem, not a humanitarian one
“If Mom dies, I shouldn’t be sad because she is trying to help people?” Huwaida Arraf’s youngest daughter, just 10 years old, asked her father last May. At the time, Arraf was in Istanbul, leading the Freedom Flotilla’s mission to deliver 5,500 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza by sea. She was set to be accompanied by a thousand activists, including former Barcelona mayor Ada Colau, but the mission was abruptly canceled the night before departure due to diplomatic reasons — several countries involved withdrew their flags from the ships.
