Daraja Press Gaza Held in Time: A Tapestery of Two Lives

Two Voices. One Shattered Homeland. A Story the World Can't Ignore Gaza Held in Time: A Tapestry of Two Lives is a groundbreaking memoir written by Tareq AlSourani and Yara Nasser, two Palestinian teenagers whose lives were torn apart by the 2023-2025 genocide. One fled to Egypt, carrying the guilt of escape. The other stayed, documenting Gaza's descent into famine, mass graves, and the quiet rebellion of dreams. Their alternating narratives-raw, poetic, and unflinchingly honest-weave together moments of piercing beauty (the scent of jasmine in Gaza's streets, the taste of warm knafeh from Abu Al-Soud) with the horror of drone strikes, forced displacement, and the systematic erasure of their home. This is not just a book about war. It's about what it means to love a place the world is trying to destroy. Why This Book Matters A Firsthand Account of Genocide: Written in real time from inside and outside Gaza, it shatters statistics with intimate, devastating testimony. A Testament to Resilience: From cooking over open fires to smuggling words past censorship, their creativity defies annihilation. A Call to Remember: "We wrote so Gaza would not fade into headlines." This book is a lifeline to stories the world must not forget. Praise for Gaza Held in Time "Devastating... These could be our children. A brave and necessary book." -Yahia Lababidi, Palestinian poet "Their words should haunt us forever." -Lynne Segal, Birkbeck, University of London "A door left open for memory, for return, for rebuilding." -Aref Husseini, author of Half-Ashkenazi Excerpt: The Day Everything Changed "October 7, 2023. I woke to the sky screaming. By noon, the internet was gone. We played cards in silence, waiting for the ceiling to collapse. When it didn't, we realized: this was the new normal. Gaza was being unmade in front of us." -Yara Nasser Order Now Available in softcover and eBook. Join the Conversation #GazaHeldInTime - Share quotes, reviews, and solidarity. Amplify Gaza's Voices - Tag @DarajaPress & demand media coverage. "The story is not over because the sea still calls our names." Order. Read. Remember.