After two years of war, Gazans woke to a fragile ceasefire and a chance to imagine life beyond the ruins, says Ahmed Kamal Junina – as well as the cautious hope that the peace might finally last I n Gaza , waiting has become a way of life. For two years, it felt as though time itself had frozen on 7 October 2023 , only to resume just yesterday. The days in between blurred together – heavy, indistinct, almost dreamlike – until that final night, when the air finally shifted and time seemed to