I ordered copies for myself, friends and a few family members who, despite watching or not watching this horrific stain on the so called mantle of "humanity", for the last 13 months, and reading the actual definition of " genocide" still, will not admit what it is. Mankind still refuses to accept that " those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it."
My copy arrived two days ago. I was rocked to the core the moment the cover was revealed…a beautiful Palestinian reinterpretation of Klimt’s “The Kiss” that will never leave me. I was going to spend the weekend painting but your book has captivated me. I’m over halfway through and will most likely finish reading it tonight. The art is truly profound. In their simplicity and brilliant creative conceptualization, Sabaaneh’s illustrations clearly
communicate emotional truths that words take much longer to apprehend and which linger as mind-pictures that seep into the heart. Your writing reads much like a diary that might have been written by any of us who have been consumed and permanently altered by the genocide as we witness it from afar, yet your personal connection brings everything we’ve seen so close to home. Thank you for your thoughtful insights, tributes to the heroes of Gaza like Motaz, and dedication to making sure Gaza isn’t written out of history. YOU are a lion. And we will never forget.
I ordered copies for myself, friends and a few family members who, despite watching or not watching this horrific stain on the so called mantle of "humanity", for the last 13 months, and reading the actual definition of " genocide" still, will not admit what it is. Mankind still refuses to accept that " those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it."
My copy arrived two days ago. I was rocked to the core the moment the cover was revealed…a beautiful Palestinian reinterpretation of Klimt’s “The Kiss” that will never leave me. I was going to spend the weekend painting but your book has captivated me. I’m over halfway through and will most likely finish reading it tonight. The art is truly profound. In their simplicity and brilliant creative conceptualization, Sabaaneh’s illustrations clearly
communicate emotional truths that words take much longer to apprehend and which linger as mind-pictures that seep into the heart. Your writing reads much like a diary that might have been written by any of us who have been consumed and permanently altered by the genocide as we witness it from afar, yet your personal connection brings everything we’ve seen so close to home. Thank you for your thoughtful insights, tributes to the heroes of Gaza like Motaz, and dedication to making sure Gaza isn’t written out of history. YOU are a lion. And we will never forget.