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A powerful and impassioned collection of essays on the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, written in real time during the annihilation by a leading scholar of Islamophobia.
All the world's eyes are now on Gaza and Palestine. Arab and Muslim-American law scholar and author Khaled A. Beydoun shares his expertise and his perspective on the conflict in essays he wrote during the year following October 2023, accompanied by over sixty pieces of art created by Palestinian political cartoonist, Mohammad Sabaaneh during the same time period.
Since October of 2023, the world has been watching as a horrific siege has been waged in Gaza. A devastating bombing campaign carried out by the Israeli military in response to a Hamas attack on Israeli civilians. We have witnessed the killing of tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians, mostly women and children, and our hearts are breaking. Eyes on Gaza is Khaled A. Beydoun's attempt to process what we have been seeing.
Beydoun opens our eyes to the historic events and the political motivations which impact the decision making of the leaders involved, as he shares his own story and his father's story as Arab Muslims in America. He offers his expert perspective on events as they have unfolded. This book combines personal narrative, contemporary history, and thoughtful reporting to shine a light on the horror in Palestine today.
Contents
Introduction | Olives and Time
Part I | For Ali and Edward
Palestinian Children Have Names, Too
Gaza As Panopticon
On Terrorists and Freedom Fighters
Living on Borrowed Time
Gaza 2.0: The First Digital Genocide
An Ode to Anaam
The Black Soul of Palestine
Don't Call it a Ceasefire
Part II | For Reem and Hind
The Next Sinister Stage of Ethnic Cleansing
The Soul of My Soul
What About the Men?
Instagram vs. Palestine
No Christmas in Gaza
Motaz, Our Brother From Gaza
Aaron Bushnell and the Rage That Burns Within Us All
Man on Fire
Part III | For Aaron and Issam
A Ramadan Starved By Genocide
Foreign Images, Native Feelings
Beheaded Babies Behind Rafah Tents
Machine Dreams, Digital Nightmares
Finding Justice in Cape Town
Searching for Edward
The People's Champ
When Phones Are Bombs
Conclusion | Old Body, New Mind
