They Killed Habibi
$29.75
- Paperback
120 pages
- Release Date
16 February 2027
Summary
A book that takes us into the heart of darkness of our world and teaches us what it means to love.
“I thought the greatest pain in life was losing both my parents. Then I lost my soulmate, and I saw all the gardens of my heart go up in flames.”
What does it mean to struggle every day to survive in the wasteland that Gaza has become? Shrouq Aila, an award-winning journalist, mother, and widow, tells us through her story, that of a woman trying to raise a daught…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781623715267 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1623715261 |
| Author: | Maaza Mengiste, Shrouq Al Aila |
| Publisher: | Interlink Publishing Group, Inc |
| Imprint: | Olive Branch Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 120 |
| Release Date: | 16 February 2027 |
| Weight: | 114g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“This book is destined to be remembered forever. The words enter us one after another as if strung on a necklace, as if infiltrated into the wound we all have, the moment before the bleeding stops, before it heals. Thus, they remain under our skin, despite ourselves, to serve as a memory and a warning, to move us forever.” – Gianni Montieri
Maaza Mengiste
Shrouq Aila is an award-winning Palestinian journalist and producer. She is the director of the Ain Media agency, which she took over after the killing of her husband Roshdi Sarraj, co-founder of the agency, during the war in Gaza.
In 2024, she was awarded the CPJ International Press Freedom Award, and in 2025, the News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Video Journalism for the documentary A Hidden War.
Shrouq lives in the Gaza Strip, where she continues to bear witness to the genocide and its tragic impact on the Palestinian people.
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