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Louisa B. Waugh

Meet Me in Gaza

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Do Gazans ever have fun? Is the Strip beautiful? And do TV reports actually reflect ordinary life inside the world's largest 'open-air prison'?

From beautiful beaches to sealed borders, from a secret New Year's Eve party to a lingerie market staffed entirely by men, award-winning writer Louisa Waugh paints an intimate picture of Gaza, revealing the pleasures and pains, hopes and frustrations of Gazans going about their daily lives.

Meet Me in Gaza is an evocative portrait of a Mediterranean land and its people, and a touching account of what it means to be Gazan.
TravelEssays & Travelogues
307 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2014
Publication year
2014
Publisher
The Westbourne Press

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  • Abdul Hasbullahshared an impressionlast year
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    A wonderful book

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    Such an amazing underrated book. Definitely one of my favourites.

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  • Alisa Kalyuzhnahas quotedlast year
    Shortly before I left the West Bank, a friend of a friend, originally from Gaza, gave me some advice. ‘Worry about your own safety, but not too much – there’s no point,’ he said. ‘Just keep your eyes open, don’t do anything really stupid – and laugh as much as you can.’
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  • Alisa Kalyuzhnahas quotedlast year
    I want to be happy here, but – who can be happy in Gaza?
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  • Alisa Kalyuzhnahas quotedlast year
    The twentieth century also saw some good times in Gaza, squeezed in between half a dozen wars and military occupations. Even now, under the shadows of Israel and Hamas, my new friends are making life more than worth living.
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