Gaza resists with writing: short stories by young writers in Gaza

Sometimes the homeland becomes a story. And we love the story because it is about our homeland, and we love our homeland more because of the story. This is a book that is the first of its kind: Gaza Resists with Writing documents the events again, and immortalizes through storytelling the fifth anniversary of the sweeping military attack "Cast Lead" launched by Israel on Gaza between December 27, 2008, and January 18, 2009. These stories written by young writers from Gaza, in English, are a Palestinian youthful narrative, the world desperately needs to have it without translation mediation and its influence, and without mediation of non-Palestinian voices. Gaza Resists with Writing resists Israel's attempts to drown these emerging voices, to dispel the suffering of the martyrs, to whitewash its hands of blood, and to suppress tears and silence screams. This is a book that shows the world that despite Israel's relentless attempts to kill our resilience, we Palestinians will continue to live, we will never surrender to pain and death, and we will always see freedom and hope before our eyes and strive for them even in the darkest times. Gaza Resists with Writing is a decisive proof that storytelling is an act of life, that storytelling is an act of resistance, that storytelling shapes our memories. Rifa'at Al-Ara'ir, November 2013