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

challenging informative

“In April 2016, Professor Chomsky again sent a dozen of his books. However, the Israeli authorities had stopped all mail to Gaza. They claimed that armed groups were getting materials that could be used for military purposes. I didn’t think that the draconian Israeli ban would apply to books for children, linguists, and anyone interested in literature, but I was wrong. That confirmed to me that Israel was waging a deliberate and systematic attack on Palestinian learning by depriving the people of knowledge.”

“Exporting Oranges and Short Stories: Cultural Struggle in the Gaza Strip” by Mosab Abu Toha, Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire.

I finished Light in Gaza over the weekend and it was a great collection of work. There were essays on history, culture, & personal stories, as well as interludes of poetry. A lot of the essays one, two, or several decades at the impact war and occupation has had on the region and the people. It’s really incredible (as in defying credulity) how without the year explicitly mentioned, readers would not be able to tell if some of the events discussed were in 2004 or today.