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  • 2025

We are not numbers

the voices of Gaza's youth

Ahmed Alnaouq

Pam Bailey

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"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 recognised 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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Title Statement We are not numbers: the voices of Gaza's youth / Ahmed Alnaouq and Pam Bailey.
Author Alnaouq, Ahmed
Additional Contributors Bailey, Pam
Publication Northampton, MA: Olive Branch Press,2025.
Extent of Item 343 pages ;
ISBN 9781623715816 (hardcover)
Other Number pr08042369
Summary "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 recognised 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"--
Subjects & Genres
By Topic Children, Palestinian Arab--Social conditions--Gaza Strip
Civilians in war--Social conditions--Gaza Strip
Gaza War, 2014--Personal narratives
Gaza War, 2014--Children--Social conditions
Youth--Social conditions--Gaza Strip
Gaza War, 2014--Social aspects
By Location Gaza Strip--Social life and customs
By Genre Biographies
Personal narratives
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