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Don't look left: a diary of genocide
In October of 2023, Atef Abu Saif had gone to Gaza with his fifteen-year-old-son, Yasser, to visit family and, as the Palestinian Authority's minister of culture, to mark International Heritage Day. They'd only planned to be there four days, from Thursday to Sunday. During a morning swim, the bombing begin.
Don't Look Left: A Diary of Genocide began as a series of WhasApp and voicemail messages. It is a harrowing and indispensable account of the experience of the first eigthy-five days of the Israeli invasion of Gazan-necessary for anyone to understand the full impact of the 2023-24 war and to glimpse the everyday beauty of the people, culture, and community institutions devasted by it.
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