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Your Presence Is a Danger to Your Life: Voices from Gaza

ذاكرة النقصان · Dhakirat al-nuqsan

Samar Yazbek (سمر يزبك, born 1970)

Translated by Leri Price

English editions

In English

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What has become of the people of Gaza who lived through the killing, and can they be called survivors? Where does pain go without justice? The writer recorded the accounts of injured Gazans, many of them maimed or missing limbs, to bring their memories back to life and keep them from becoming numbers in a count.

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About the book

Form
Nonfiction
Genres
War, Politics (assigned by AI)
Set in
Palestinian Territories, 2023–2024
First published
2025 by Dar al-Adab
Author's age
55 when first published
ISBN

9789953897820 (original)

9781804272411 (Fitzcarraldo Editions, United Kingdom)

9781635426120 (Other Press, United States)