A historian in Gaza
Filiu, Jean-Pierre2025
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'The Gaza I knew, and whose length and breadth I've travelled, has ceased to exist.' Jean-Pierre Filiu, acclaimed historian of Gaza, is intimately familiar with the land's people and places; he speaks the local dialect. But nothing prepared him for what he encountered there in December 2024. This is his unforgettable, unbearably intimate account of one month in a place shattered by Israel's all-out war. When the historian returned to Gaza, he arrived under circumstances unimaginably different from his many past visits since 1980: only a limited number of convoys were allowed into the Strip, and he was one of the few humanitarians able to enter, this time by night. He remained inside for thirty-three days, and emerged determined to bear witness to the devastation-to the Gazans fighting simply to live, every single day.
Main title:
A historian in Gaza / Jean-Pierre Filiu ; translated by Cynthia Schoch and Trista Selous.
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Imprint:
London : Hurst & Company, 2025.
Collation:
viii, 197 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
Translated from the French.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781805265252 (hbk)
Dewey class:
956.943956.943055
LC class:
DS119.771
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
4316512