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Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire by Jehad Abusalim, Jennifer Bing, Mike Merryman-Lotze

11 reviews

alyssapusateri's review

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challenging informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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amberinpieces's review

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hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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jare7d's review

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challenging informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A fantastic anthology to start understanding the history of Gaza and Palestine, I only knew a little bit about it's history before reading this book and everything was clear and educational. Some of these writings are heartbreaking but others are truly hopeful and inspiring. We need to continue to educate ourselves on what is happening in Gaza and support the Palestinians who are suffering under Israel's occupation and from the Nakba. Keep putting pressure on the occupiers to stop oppressing the occupied and to instead find a solution.

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mariebrunelm's review against another edition

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5.0

This collection brings together essays and poetry by Palestinian authors about Palestine. It provides nuanced and scholarly views on Palestine’s past, present and future, in a variety of different domains: agriculture, social media, architecture, ethics, artificial intelligence, education, politics of course, etc. Some essays are more autobiographical, describing in simple words what it’s like to live in Gaza and what it has been especially since the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. The poems bring together all those issues in direct, heartfelt lines.

I thought this was an accessible, well-researched and important book. The publisher is offering the ebook for free and I highly recommend it for a portrait of Gazan society very different from what Western media is used to showing its viewers.

This book was published in 2022, with most of the pieces written in 2021, so it doesn’t take into account the horrific events we are witnessing. However it provides context for the colonial violence and genoc!de perpetrated by Israel, and looks at possible futures for Gaza depending on the reactions of the international community. It is both a love letter to Palestinian culture and resilience, and a plea for help.

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honeyvoiced's review against another edition

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challenging medium-paced

4.5

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megansoetaert's review

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emotional medium-paced

5.0

such a good essay collection about life in Gaza. this book tackles a wide variety of topics, from architecture to daily life to libraries, all under Israeli occupation.

some of the essays felt more academic, but all were great and important reading. thank you to the authors for sharing these contributions with the English speaking world for a better, more whole understanding of Gaza.

peace and safety be with every author of this book.

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thewordsdevourer's review

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emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

light in gaza offers a relevatory look into gaza, its history, present, future and inhabitants, both from inside the area and those in the diaspora. i esp appreciate how the authors of the various essays included in the book each focus on a different aspect of the occupation and resistance, examining the past and present with their implications, as well as imagining a better future.

while im not at all knowledgable abt certain topics explored - such AI and architecture - they are nevertheless enlightening and offer a truly unique, fresh perspective. i also particularly enjoy learning abt the deep bond between palestinians and their land thru peasantry, and the importance of humanitarianism that instead focuses on liberation and return. this is def a collection to be read and learned from, straight from palestinians themselves.

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