Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire

This is such a fantastic read.

I read this a couple weeks ago but didn't get the chance to review it but now with the news that Refaat Al-Areer, who wrote the first essay was martyred yesterday I feel like I need to finally write something so I can try convince others to pick this book up.

This is such an important read if you're wanting to learn and understand what is happening in Palestine and what's been happening for the past 75+ years.

May Allah grant every Palestinian who has been martyred the highest place in Jannah.

It took me a minute to build the momentum to finish this book, not because it was bad or unimportant, quite the opposite, see the thing is that Alareer's essay was heartbreakingly important when he was still alive, now that he's gone it highlights a loss that's simply beyond comprehension.

Putting a star rating on such a book would feel crass so I won't.

no rating bc I struggled with understanding some stuff due to english not being my first language. this was very informative, especially the second half of the book. my favourite chapter was the one about AI, I had no idea about most of this stuff and the whole chapter I was just mad and had no words. overall very sad to read this at this time seeing how all the progress people in Palestine made has been destroyed yet again