Israeli Damage to Archives, Libraries, and Museums in Gaza, October 2023–January 2024, A Preliminary Report from Librarians and Archivists with Palestine (LAP), February 1, 2024 (pdf here)
Plus: A Talk About Israeli Damage to Archives, Libraries, and Museums in Gaza, by ArabLit Staff, ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly, February 8, 2024
(image: «This is what remains of my younger brother's home library. My brother is an extraordinary scholar of Arabic language grammar and was about to earn his PhD and who has introduced six books into the Arabic language rich collection of scholarly books.» – Mosab Abu-Toha)
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The houses were not Hamas.
The kids were not Hamas.
Their clothes and toys were not Hamas.
The neighborhood was not Hamas.
The air was not Hamas.
Our ears were not Hamas.
Our eyes were not Hamas.
The one who ordered the killing,
the one who pressed the button thought
only of Hamas.
— Mosab Abu Toha, from "The Wounds," Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear
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IOF soldiers posing with 100 year old, well-maintained Jewish headstones in a Gaza graveyard.
Meanwhile, Israel has created a habit of bulldozing Palestinian graveyards. Here’s just one example, from poet Mosab Abu Toha:
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my grandfather and home by Mosab Abu Toha
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Mosab Abu Toha, shared on his Xitter, October 29, 2023
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— Mosab Abu Toha on his poem “Younger Than War”
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Mosab Abu Toha, from Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza; “Palestine A-Z”
[Text ID: “They once said Palestine will be free tomorrow. When is tomorrow? What is freedom? How long does it last?”]
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By the Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha
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My poetry is a record of what happened. I will not forget what happens to me. I do not want people who come after me to forget what happened.
— Mosab Abu Toha, from an interview with Syracuse University News
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We love what we have, no matter how little,
because if we don’t, everything will be gone. If we don’t,
we will no longer exist, since there will be nothing here for us.
Mosab Abu Toha, "We Love What We Have" from Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza
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