Ahmed Yassin

“Sometimes a homeland becomes a tale. We love the story because it is about our homeland and we love our homeland even more because of the story.”
― Refaat Alareer, Gaza Writes Back

“Gaza Writes Back' provides conclusive evidence that telling stories is an act of life, that telling stories is resistance, and that telling stories shapes our memories.”
― Refaat Alareer, Gaza Writes Back

“What to tell you? Gaza is frustrating these days—well, these years. It’s a good exercise in patience, at least.”
― Refaat Alareer, Gaza Writes Back

“A picture is not going to be like a stone that has been subjected to the rain and the heat and the cold and the dirt and the smell of Jerusalem. This stone is Jerusalem. It is.”
― Refaat Alareer, Gaza Writes Back