AIDS patients in Gaza face isolation, humiliation
Several treatment programs are available to AIDS patients in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, where they are treated as outcasts by society.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Umm Hamdan seemed hesitant when I extended my hand to her, saying, “People who know my condition rarely shake my hand.”
She felt the same about making coffee in her modest house. “I rarely do work that requires the use of my hands, like cooking, but I hug my children and grandchildren,” she said.
