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A Historian in Gaza
- Author
- Jean-Pierre Filiu
- Narrator
- Michael Langan
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 2 March 2026
- Run Time
- 4 hours 59 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
What to expect
Jean-Pierre Filiu, acclaimed historian of Gaza, is intimately familiar with the land's people and places; he speaks the local dialect. But nothing prepared him for what he encountered there in December 2024. This is his unforgettable, unbearably intimate account of one month in a place shattered by Israel's all-out war.
When the historian returned to Gaza, he arrived under circumstances unimaginably different from his many past visits since 1980: only a limited number of convoys were allowed into the Strip, and he was one of the few humanitarians able to enter, this time by night. He remained inside for thirty-three days, and emerged determined to bear witness to the devastation—to the Gazans fighting simply to live, every single day.
Filiu's haunting portrait of a land betrayed is a grim work of war reportage, documented with the acuity of a historian; and a lyrical narrative of human suffering, and human dignity.
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Details
- Author
- Jean-Pierre Filiu
- Narrator
- Michael Langan
- Duration
- 4 hours 59 minutes
- Release Date
- 2 March 2026
- ISBN
- 9798318555534
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Historiography, Politics and government, Colonialism and imperialism, Politics and government
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 2.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Jean-Pierre Filiu, acclaimed historian of Gaza, is intimately familiar with the land's people and places; he speaks the local dialect. But nothing prepared him for what he encountered there in December 2024. This is his unforgettable, unbearably intimate account of one month in a place shattered by Israel's all-out war.When the historian returned to Gaza, he arrived under circumstances unimaginably different from his many past visits since 1980: only a limited number of convoys were allowed into the Strip, and he was one of the few humanitarians able to enter, this time by night. He remained inside for thirty-three days, and emerged determined to bear witness to the devastation—to the Gazans fighting simply to live, every single day.Filiu's haunting portrait of a land betrayed is a grim work of war reportage, documented with the acuity of a historian; and a lyrical narrative of human suffering, and human dignity.
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