 Yara Nasser is an 18-year-old writer and student who grew up—and continues to live—in Gaza City, Palestine. She views writing as something akin to a bellybutton, connecting her to a personal identity molded by rupture, resistance, and reflection. Her interest in journalism and literature informs a mode of storytelling and war memorialization concerned less with representation than with witnessing, always seeking to stay as close to reality as possible. For her, writing is not merely catharsis, but a practice of excavation of truth, dignity, selfhood, and interior life in contexts where all are endangered. She writes to explore the emotional weight of survival and the fragile shape of identity. This book marks the beginning of her journey as a writer, but its roots reach far deeper into her lived experience. |
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Gaza abrazada en el tiempo
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Gaza abrazada en el tiempo
USD $ 22.38The Spanish translation of original English edition of Gaza Held in Time is now available, published by Nota al margen in Spain. Copies of this publication are available here: https://www.notalmargen.com/libros/gaza-abrazada-en-el-tiempo/
«Sigo sin saber por qué amamos a Gaza. Tal vez porque nadie más lo hará. O porque dejar de amarla significaría renunciar a nosotros mismos. Ta vez nunca entienda el por qué, o bien sea algo que no necesito explicar. Quizá el amor es lo que queda cuando no queda nada. O quizá, solo quizá, no sea amor en absoluto, sino dolor. Una negativa a dejar de preocuparse, incluso cuando está en llamas. Esto no es una respuesta. Es lo que descubrí cuando empecé a preguntar. Sentir amor por Gaza no es lógico»
Le solía contar cuentos a mi hermana pequeña antes de dormir. Inventaba ciudades con árboles mágicos y bicicletas voladoras, donde la gente no se escondía bajo el hueco de la escalera ni revisaba el depósito de agua a diario, donde nadie se moría ni se suspendían las clases porque la escuela había sido bombardeada.Ella se reía y me preguntaba:
—¿De verdad, eso existe?
—Todavía no —le respondía.
Ese era el truco en Gaza. Decíamos «todavía no», en lugar de «nunca».
Porque la esperanza era lo único que no podían bombardear.
El cielo gritaba fuerte. Y sigue haciéndolo.
Ahora, en lo más hondo de mí, espero el día en que todo se quede en silencio.
Y cuando eso ocurra, alzaré la mirada, no con miedo, sino en paz.
Ese día no ha llegado.
Pero seguimos soñando.
Y seguimos viviendo.«Busco por todas partes un cielo del que esté ausente la muerte. Estoy segura de que está ahí, cuando compruebo los callejones y las avenidas. Se dice que existe justicia bajo ese cielo. Justicia es lo que siempre he anhelado y buscado».
«¿Seguiremos durmiendo en tiendas de campaña durante años? ¿Crecerán los niños entre paredes de nailon, aprendiendo a dibujar con cenizas? ¿Qué ocurrirá cuando el mundo siga adelante —de nuevo— y los únicos que queden para recordar este horror sean quienes no pudieron huir de él?».
«si dejo de escribir, / el silencio escribirá en mi lugar. / Y temo lo que pueda contar».
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USD $ 6.99 USD $ 16.00Price range: USD $ 6.99 through USD $ 16.00Gaza Held in Time
“A jewel of pain and memory.” —Patrizia Cecconi
Two Voices. One Shattered Homeland. A Story the World Can’t Ignore.
About the Book
Gaza Held in Time: A Tapestry of Two Lives is a groundbreaking memoir written by Tareq AlSourani and Yara Nasser, two Palestinian teenagers whose lives were torn apart by the 2023–2025 genocide. One fled to Egypt, carrying the guilt of escape. The other stayed, documenting Gaza’s descent into famine, mass graves, and the quiet rebellion of dreams.
Their alternating narratives—raw, poetic, and unflinchingly honest—weave together moments of piercing beauty (the scent of jasmine in Gaza’s streets, the taste of warm knafeh from Abu Al-Soud) with the horror of drone strikes, forced displacement, and the systematic erasure of their home.
This is not just a book about war. It’s about what it means to love a place the world is trying to destroy.
Why This Book Matters
- A Firsthand Account of Genocide: Written in real time from inside and outside Gaza, it shatters statistics with intimate, devastating testimony.
- A Testament to Resilience: From cooking over open fires to smuggling words past censorship, their creativity defies annihilation.
- A Call to Remember: “We wrote so Gaza would not fade into headlines.” This book is a lifeline to stories the world must not forget.
Praise for Gaza Held in Time
“Devastating… These could be our children. A brave and necessary book.”
—Yahia Lababidi, Palestinian poet“Their words should haunt us forever.”
—Lynne Segal, Birkbeck, University of London“A door left open for memory, for return, for rebuilding.”
—Aref Husseini, author of Half-AshkenaziExcerpt: The Day Everything Changed
“October 7, 2023. I woke to the sky screaming. By noon, the internet was gone. We played cards in silence, waiting for the ceiling to collapse. When it didn’t, we realized: this was the new normal. Gaza was being unmade in front of us.” —Yara Nasser
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