{"product_id":"a-historian-in-gaza-9781805265252","title":"A Historian in Gaza","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFiliu'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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJean-Pierre Filiu\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Middle East Studies at Sciences Po, and former visiting professor at Columbia and Georgetown Universities. His books include \u003cem\u003eThe Middle East: A Political History\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e Book of the Year \u003cem\u003eGaza: A History\u003c\/em\u003e (also available from Oxford University Press), which won Middle East Monitor's Palestine Book Award.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hurst \u0026 Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52039818641682,"sku":"9781805265252","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a277320f-f94c-4dee-9ef5-229cbbee4eb4.jpg?v=1771415929","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-historian-in-gaza-9781805265252","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}