Letter from Mideast: I'm 18, and already 4 wars old

A letter of a quiet yet unyielding girl who dreams of a better future and believes that hope is stronger than war

by Rahaf Radi

GAZA, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- My name is Rahaf Radi. I am 18 years old, a 12th-grade student, and I am writing to you from a small tent in a town called al-Zawaida in central Gaza.

It is currently nighttime. Distant booms and occasional explosions still punctuate