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The Black Book of Gaza
May 13, 20267:00 p.m.
MADRID
Casa Árabe Ambassadors’ Hall (at Calle Alcalá, 62, First Floor).
7:00 p.m.
Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.
In Spanish.
As part of the activities organized by Casa Árabe in Madrid to mark the Nakba, the presentation of this volume coordinated by Gonzalo Delgado and published by Ediciones del Oriente y del Mediterráneo, will be taking place on Wednesday, May 13. Join us and discover the stories and testimonies of young Gazans about their survival and resistance.
The Black Book of Gaza: Testimonies of a genocide, a volume coordinated by Gonzalo Delgado that brings together the stories and testimonials of young Gazans subjected to violence, siege and destruction. It is a moving anthology of stories and testimonies about survival and resistance, underscoring its significance and value as an archive of memory in the face of oblivion.
The book has been built upon an idea by Gonzalo Delgado himself, which lends historical depth to the collection: “Palestine is the synthesis of all its destinies.” On the basis thereof, the author of this edition places these young voices along a continuum with a broader Palestinian literary tradition, noting that authors such as Kanafani, Darwish and Habibi live on in the words of young Gazans like Ghaydaa Al-Abadsa and Ibrahim Yaghi, whose accounts of the tragedy “carve out the history of a people who are always to be understood in their entirety.”
Mikel Ayestaran in El Correo situates the work in the midst of the present war and opens with a very powerful image: “Bombs fall on Gaza. The air is thick with dust, screams and silence.” From this perspective, the work gives a voice to people in daily life under siege and restores a face, a voice and a concrete experience to those who are turned into nothing more than numbers.
The book features an afterword by Israeli journalist Amira Hass, in which she denounces the dehumanization of Gazans and highlights the value of the stories in this book, because they are written “from and about hell.”
The book’s presentation will feature the participation of Gonzalo Delgado. Presented by Karim Hauser, Casa Árabe’s Culture Coordinator.
Gonzalo Delgado Meana (Madrid, 1990) is a writer and journalist with a degree in Information Sciences from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. His passion for Arab literature and culture, as well as for the history and current affairs of the Middle East, was forged from an early age. He currently works as a communications consultant, a profession which he combines with an independent project exploring countless trips to the region: Palestine, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Algeria, etc. Through a literary project centered on Gazan protagonists, he is attempting to provide Spanish readers with first-hand accounts of a contemporary reality which it is essential for us to understand.
The book has been built upon an idea by Gonzalo Delgado himself, which lends historical depth to the collection: “Palestine is the synthesis of all its destinies.” On the basis thereof, the author of this edition places these young voices along a continuum with a broader Palestinian literary tradition, noting that authors such as Kanafani, Darwish and Habibi live on in the words of young Gazans like Ghaydaa Al-Abadsa and Ibrahim Yaghi, whose accounts of the tragedy “carve out the history of a people who are always to be understood in their entirety.”
Mikel Ayestaran in El Correo situates the work in the midst of the present war and opens with a very powerful image: “Bombs fall on Gaza. The air is thick with dust, screams and silence.” From this perspective, the work gives a voice to people in daily life under siege and restores a face, a voice and a concrete experience to those who are turned into nothing more than numbers.
The book features an afterword by Israeli journalist Amira Hass, in which she denounces the dehumanization of Gazans and highlights the value of the stories in this book, because they are written “from and about hell.”
The book’s presentation will feature the participation of Gonzalo Delgado. Presented by Karim Hauser, Casa Árabe’s Culture Coordinator.
Gonzalo Delgado Meana (Madrid, 1990) is a writer and journalist with a degree in Information Sciences from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. His passion for Arab literature and culture, as well as for the history and current affairs of the Middle East, was forged from an early age. He currently works as a communications consultant, a profession which he combines with an independent project exploring countless trips to the region: Palestine, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Algeria, etc. Through a literary project centered on Gazan protagonists, he is attempting to provide Spanish readers with first-hand accounts of a contemporary reality which it is essential for us to understand.
