Every moment is a life : Gaza in the time of genocide / compiled by Susan Abulhawa ; editors, Susan Abulhawa (English), Huzama Habayeb (Arabic) ; translators, Susan Abulhawa, Kay Heikkinen.
| Other author | Abulhawa, Susan, compiler, editor, translator. |
| Other author | Ḥabāyib, Ḥuzāmah, editor. |
| Other author | Heikkinen, Kay, translator. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First One Signal Publishers/Atria paperback edition. |
| Publication | New York : One Signal Publishers/Atria, 2026. |
| Description | xxii, 97, 82, xxi pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Every moment is a life (Compilation) |
| Portion of title | Gaza in the time of genocide |
| Contents | Introduction / Susan Abulhawa -- A note from the Arabic editor / Huzama Habayeb -- Coffee by Old Blue / Muhammad Mu'ammar -- Everyday / Reema Abu Mousa -- His name is Salam / Khuloud Abu Zaher -- Ma'rouf / Ghassan Salam -- A trail of soap / Diana Islayh -- My room / Saja Laham -- Every moment is a life / Rizq Ahmad -- The decision / Khadija Abu-Lebdeh -- Delirium / Amrou Al-Najar -- Fashionista / Fatma Asfour -- For Gaza to leave us something / Nebal Al-Najjar -- Gone / Maram Hammou -- The cobbler / Samya Al-Laham -- The breadline / Ali Abu-Zayed -- Umbilical cord / Maysa Salama -- The story isn't over / Samah Abu-Awwad -- For the sake of diapers / Abdallah Al-Sayyed -- From tent to tent / Lubna Meqdad. |
| Abstract | "In early 2024, writer and activist susan abulhawa managed to enter Gaza twice through the Rafah crossing. There, at the Culture and Free Thought Association, susan held a series of workshops for young people who had been displaced to tent encampments. The lives of all participants were marked by unrelenting Israeli violence and extraordinary loss--of home, family, safety, education, electricity, and all the structures of humanity. Still, despite the bitterness of life in tents and the dangers of travel, they came together to share in the refuge of writing and community. Samya recounts a tender moment with an old man mending shoes in the street, while her cousin Saja hides books in her closet, hoping they and her home will still be there when she returns. Ghassan is haunted by the baby he rescued from the rubble, who for a time became his son. Fatma risks it all to retrieve her clothes from a danger zone buzzing with drones and warplanes. Maram's loving aunt is gone, and chaos inhabits Amrou's mind. 'Every moment is a life' delivers rare, unfiltered portraits of life from the emerging voices struggling to survive in Gaza today. These essays are raw and real, capturing human moments--buying bread, going to the bathroom, sharing a meal, drinking coffee--all set against the backdrop of history's first livestreamed genocide. With courage, anger, love, agony, and--impossibly--hope, these achingly tender voices from Gaza will stay with us, captured in these pages, forever"--Inside cover flap. |
| General note | "A collaboration project between Palestine Writes and the Culture and Free Thought Association." |
| Language | Parallel text in English and Arabic, printed back to back. |
| Genre/form | Personal narratives. |
| Genre/form | Essays. |
| Genre/form | Récits personnels. |
| ISBN | 9781668222362 |
| ISBN | 1668222361 (paperback) |
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