Edited by Yousef Aljamal, Norma Hashim, Noor Nabulsi, and Zoe Jannuzi
Haymarket Books
9/2/2025, paperback
SKU: 9798888905203
A powerful collection of testimonies from Palestinians facing genocide and displacement in Gaza with hope and resistance.
Displaced in Gaza aims to raise global awareness of how violent displacement has impacted the lives of Palestinians--students, mothers, fathers, grandparents, children, educators, and those who already survived the Nakba of 1948. In Gaza, 2.3 million Palestinians have been subjected to starvation, mass destruction, and targeted killing. Yet they endure.
This book is a commitment to the longstanding Palestinian tradition of storytelling, documenting both the horror of the genocide and the resilience of the Palestinian people. The stories in this collection are not merely accounts of suffering, they are assertions of humanity, resistance, hope, and the unbreakable bond that ties Palestinians to their homeland.
Displaced in Gaza is a collaboration between the American Friends Service Committee and the Hashim Sani Center for Palestine Studies at Universiti Malaya.
Reviews:
"The narratives may lack the embellishments of fiction, but they do not need them: the truth on these pages is more powerful than any novel....Displaced in Gaza is a collective cry for the world to listen and a monument to a people's undying will to survive." --Middle East Eye
"Displaced in Gaza presents an essential collection of real-life testimonies that challenge the narratives justifying the current erasure of Gaza and its people. In the Gaza Strip, where nine in ten Palestinians have been displaced since the events of October 7--some as many as ten times--these personal accounts humanize the staggering numbers. These stories remind us of our shared responsibility to ensure that the lessons of history and the pledge of 'never again for anyone' apply to Palestinians, as well." --Laila Mokhiber, Senior Director of Communications at UNRWA USA
About the Editors:
Yousef Aljamal, born in the Al-Nusierat refugee camp in Gaza, works as the Gaza coordinator at the Palestine Activism Program at the American Friends Service Committee and recently received his PhD at Sakarya University in Turkey.
Norma Hashim is treasurer of Viva Palestina Malaysia, a nongovernmental organization focused on raising awareness of the Israeli occupation in Palestine and providing relief to Palestinians, primarily in Gaza.
Noor Nabulsi serves as the communications specialist for the American Friends Service Committee's Apartheid-free Communities initiative.
Zoe Jannuzi works as the Palestine Activism program coordinator at the American Friends Service Committee.