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I Am No Longer Afraid to Die by Amira Alzaneen
The true story of Amira Alzaneen as she records the very first sounds of the Hamas artillery flying above her home in Beit Hanoun, Gaza, and thesubsequent explosions. She kept recording, . The Israeli response shortly after, and everything that followed. She sent those recordings immediately to her friend in the United States Jeannie Amash. At the time, neither knew exactly what was happening. As the details became known, Jeanne understood that the Israeli retaliation was going to be merciless, and that Amira was in grave danger. Only able to watch and support from afar, Jeannie encouraged her young friend to write everything that was happening and to send it to her. Amira did just that. She had the courage and resilience to write nearly every day, every horrific, uplifting, wistful, frightened, unbelievably real accountsof her daily struggle for survival in the midst of a brutal and historic genocide. In this captivating book, the reader will follow along and experience ten months of daily life in Gaza through the eyes of two extraordinary women, one fighting for her life daily, the other never waivering in her support.The reader can only come to the conclusion that genocide is never justified, and that civilian humans are still caught in the crossfires of propaganda, politics and greed.
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