susan abulhawa — Every Moment Is a Life: Gaza in the Time of Genocide - with Laila Al-Arian

PLEASE NOTE: The majority of this recording is in Arabic with English translations following.ALSO: Be Mindful of the difficulty many of our speakers had connecting to us from Gaza,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 life. They’d fled from place to place as Israel’s colonial violence swirled around them, complete with food and water insecurity and constant threat. 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.Every Moment Is a Life delivers rare, unfiltered portraits of life under genocide, platforming 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 ethnic cleansing. With courage, anger, love, agony, and—impossibly—hope, these achingly tender voices from Gaza will stay with us, captured in these pages, forever.*All proceeds go back to the contributors in Gaza and to Palestine Writes Literature Festivalsusan abulhawa is a Palestinian American writer and political activist. She is the author of Mornings in Jenin—translated into thirty languages—and The Blue Between Sky and Water. Born to refugees of the Six Day War of 1967, she moved to the United States as a teenager, graduated in biomedical science, and established a career in medical science. Contributors include:Fatma Asfour, a community activist and fashion designer, who holds a BA in English literature. (Fashionista)Ali Abu-Zayed, a graduate of the Bachelor of Arabic Language and Media from Al-Azhar University, who writes content, is a community and media activist, and is interested in environmental issues and human sciences. (The Breadline)Maram Hammou, a general surgery medical student who wants to use science as a tool to serve humanity, to create a bridge of knowledge toward a better life for communities in need. (Gone)Samah Abu-Awwad, who graduated with a degree in psychology and counseling from Al-Aqsa University. She worked as a psychological counselor and children’s activist during the genocide. (The Story Isn't Over)Khadija Abu-Lebdeh specializes in office management and automation. She works in the fields of writing and broadcasting. (The Decision)Muhammad Mu’ammar is a Palestinian artist and writer. He works as an English teacher and a trainer in the arts of folk dabke, singing, composing, and playing musical instruments, particularly oudautomation. He works in the fields of writing and broadcasting. (Coffee by Old Blue)Rizq Ahmad graduated with a degree in business administration. He works as a community initiatives coordinator. During the genocide, he worked on educational initiatives and on creating safe spaces for women in the absence of health and social services. (Every Moment is a Life)Saja Laham is 23 years old. She specializes in basic and early[1]childhood education. During the genocide, she worked as a volunteer teacher. (My Room)abulhawa is in conversation with Laila Al-Arian, a Washington DC-based journalist and filmmaker and the executive producer of Fault Lines, the award-winning investigative documentary program on Al Jazeera English. PURCHASE:https://politics-prose.com/book/9781668222362?ic_referral=Lc25BPAfVdff0ipTLG1glrU_puyFjevfHVBetj7lKaIwMzxOyPOnMpmLM9Mk2neISK7KQT9pypYWPsv2eYVumSbF9GHVWjduXhtTUQFxyPKOSsNegD8vwMd9me7bM3Iq12ttOZ4