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Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire by Jennifer Bing, Mike Merryman-Lotze, Jehad Abusalim
9 reviews
dragongirl271's review against another edition
4.75
Minor: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
mandaazzi's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Murder, Colonisation, and War
yourbookishbff's review against another edition
5.0
While structured loosely around future visions of Gaza, the essays, poems and reflections range from highly academic to deeply personal, covering the lived environment and home construction, agrarian practices and the future of farming in historic Palestine, the use of AI in Israel's surveillance and oppression of Palestinians in Gaza, and so much more. The scale of creativity and resilience required for those living under military occupation and blockade is staggering - how do you build a home when you can't use concrete, how do you run a business when you don't have consistent access to electricity, how do you stock a library when you can't order books, how do you survive when arbitrary borders separate you from family, healthcare, employment, education and freedom? For those who've never experienced this level of surveillance and restricted movement - not to mention the constant threat of aerial attack, search and siezure, or imprisonment - the description of Gaza as the world's largest open-air prison takes shape into something visceral. By the time you get to the second-to-last essay, Let Me Dream, by Israa Mohammed Jamal, you begin to better understand the reality of multi-generational trauma and how it shapes those attempting to build lives in Gaza.
Another through-line in this anthology is Gaza's current population density and large refugee population. I hadn't realized that around 70% of those living in Gaza are refugees, and I appreciated how intentionally each contributor engages with the legacy and continuation of the Nakba in shaping Gaza's present and future.
I highly recommend this anthology to anyone interested in learning more about Gaza - its history, its present, and its people dreaming of survival. Thank you to Netgalley and Dreamscape Media for an advanced listener's copy - I'm grateful that this new audiobook recording will make this collection more accessible to readers.
Graphic: Violence, Murder, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Minor: Homophobia and Torture
alyssapusateri's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, and War
Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Death of parent
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Alcohol
letsgolesbians's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Racism, and Colonisation
amberinpieces's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Genocide, and Grief
Minor: Ableism
jare7d's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Colonisation, and War
thewordsdevourer's review against another edition
3.75
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.
Graphic: Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Child death, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
literary_hazelnut's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, Grief, and Colonisation