Don't Look Left (Paperback)

Atef Abu Saif

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Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Beacon Press, Boston, MA, 2024

0807018708 / 9780807018705

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Paperback. Profits from the sale of this book go to two Palestinian charities: Medical Aid for Palestinians and the Middle East Childrens AllianceA harrowing and indispensable first-hand account of the experience of the first 85 days of the Israeli invasion of Gaza, from a prominent Palestinian writer"In the morning I read the news. The news is about us. But it's designed for people reading it far, far away, who couldn't possibly imagine they could ever know anyone involved. It's for people who read the news to comfort themselves, to tell themselves: it's still far, far away. I read the news for different reasons: I read it to know I'm not dead."Early in the morning of Oct 7, 2023, Atef Abu Saif went swimming. It was a beautiful morning: sunny with a cool breeze. As the Palestinian Authority's Minister for Culture, he was on a combined work and pleasure trip to Gaza, visiting his extended family with his 15 year old son, Yasser, and participating in National Heritage Day.Then the bombing started.Don't Look Left takes us into the day to day experiences of Gazan civilians trying to survive Israel's war against Hamas during its first 83 days. its detail and extended narrative show us what brief reports and video clips cannot. In a war that has taken an extraordinarily high toll on civilians, it is a crucial document--a day-to-day testimony and a deeply moving depiction of a people's fight to survive and maintain their humanity amid the chaos and trauma of mass destruction.It is also, remarkably, a powerful literary experience. Atef Abu Saif was born in Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza in 1973, and, as he writes, his first war broke out when he was two months old. He writes as only someone who knows Gaza deeply can, and only as someone who knows war can, picking out the details of ordinary life and survival amidst the possibility of death coming at any moment:washing the only shirt he has and waiting naked for three hours for it dry;noticing a cat, as terrified as the people on the street around it, hiding under a bistro table;visiting his sister-in-law's daughter in the hospital, who tells him in her dream she has no legs, and asks him if it is true. It is: she has lost her legs and a hand when her home was hit by a bomb.Trying to figure out the best place to sleep each night, and when and where to flee as the destruction intensifies.Don't Look Left is a vital and powerful experience, offering readers a raw, unfiltered view into Gaza's fight for humanity.Profits from the sale of this book will go to two Palestinian charities: Medical Aid for Palestinians and the Middle East Childrens Alliance. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

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Titel
Don't Look Left (Paperback)
Autor
Atef Abu Saif
Verlag
Beacon Press, Boston, MA
Erscheinungsjahr
2024
Zustand
new
Einband
Paperback
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
0807018708
ISBN-13
9780807018705

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