Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire
Jehad Abusalim, Jennifer Bing, Mike Merryman-LotzeGaza, home to two million people, continues to face suffocating conditions imposed by Israel. This distinctive anthology imagines what the future of Gaza could be, while reaffirming the critical role of Gaza in Palestinian identity, history, & struggle for liberation.
Light in Gaza is a seminal, moving & wide-ranging anthology of Palestinian writers & artists. It constitutes a collective effort to organize & center Palestinian voices in the ongoing struggle. As political discourse shifts toward futurism as a means of reimagining a better way of living, beyond the violence & limitations of colonialism, Light in Gaza is an urgent & powerful intervention into an important political moment.
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Jehad Abusalim is the Education & Policy Associate of the Palestine Activism Program at the American Friends Service Committee. He is completing his PhD in the History & Hebrew & Judaic Studies joint program at New York University. His main area of research is Palestinian & Arab4 perceptions of the Zionist project & the Jewish question before 1948.
Jennifer Bing has worked with AFSC’s Palestine-Israel Program since 1989. Based in Chicago, she organizes events, national speaking tours, exhibits & trainings, & coordinates AFSC’s education & advocacy work on the campaigns Israeli Military Detention: No Way to Treat a Child & Gaza Unlocked. In this role, she works closely with faith organizations & human rights groups throughout the U.S.
Mike Merryman-Lotze is the American Friends Service Committee’s Palestine-Israel Program Director. He coordinates AFSC’s Israel & Palestine focused advocacy & policy programming, working closely with AFSC’s offices in Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza, & throughout the US.