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We Are Not Numbers: The Voices of Gaza's Youth

by Ahmed Alnaouq

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Young voices, lives beyond the headlines

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Young voices, lives beyond the headlines

Edited by Ahmed Alnaouq, this collection brings together writing by young people from Gaza, whose lives are shaped by occupation and blockade. Its glimpses of daily experience include a girl worried about her home, a student imagining visits to libraries, and someone recording buildings she hopes to repair. Spanning more than a decade, the book gathers personal accounts that place hopes, ambitions, loss, and endurance alongside the realities of life in Gaza. The collection also looks toward a generation of Palestinians working as leaders, artists, scientists, and scholars.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in first-person accounts by young people from Gaza.
  • Readers exploring Palestinian experiences and contemporary Middle Eastern biography.
  • Readers interested in writing about youth, resilience, and aspirations amid conflict.

Themes

Gaza and life under occupation and blockadeYouth voices and recognitionHope and aspirationLoss and endurancePalestinian leadership and creativity

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Book overview

"We Are Not Numbers is not just a book--it's my life, their life, and our shared story ... This is Gaza as it truly is, written by those who live it every day" --MOTAZ AZIZA

"This book is a jailbreak and a miracle" --NAOMI KLEIN

"Essential ... A project that insists on liberation" --TA-NEHISI COATES

"Impossible to put down or forget" --RIZ AHMED

A teenage girl stares at her roof, hoping it won't collapse over her head. A young student searches the Internet for photos of libraries around the world, hoping he'll be able to visit them one day. Another walks around the city, taking notes of all the buildings she dreams of repairing.

These are the stories of young people from Gaza, born under Israeli occupation and blockade. They are people who have endured unspeakable struggles and losses, who keep fighting to be recognized not as numbers, but as human beings with hopes, dreams, and lives worth living.

We Are Not Numbers was founded in 2014 to give voice to the youth of Gaza. In this collection--vital, urgent and full of heart, spanning over ten years to the present moment--we gain an unparalleled insight into the past, as well as the current and next generation of Palestinian leaders, artists, scientists and scholars and imagine where we might go from here.
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