The Keys to My House
A Gaza Diary
$36.65
- Paperback
248 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2026
Summary
A memoir that bears witness to the horror of genocide in Gaza.
At dawn on October 13, 2023, a week after the Hamas attack on Israel and the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian journalist Sami al-Ajrami locks the door of his home in Jabalia, where he has lived all his life. According to the instructions of the Israeli army, he and his family are evacuating to the south.
For the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Al-Ajrami begins a diary in wh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781623715540 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1623715547 |
| Author: | Jim Hicks, Sami al-Ajrami |
| Publisher: | Interlink Publishing Group, Inc |
| Imprint: | Olive Branch Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 231g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
“[P]owerful … a remarkable piece of war journalism.” – NRC“[E]xtraordinary … primarily focuses on the humanity around him … making his account intimate and much closer than the usual coverage of Gaza.” – Trouw“To understand the extent of the tragedy, there is no better analysis than direct testimonies. The devastating impact on the people of Gaza from this conflict is portrayed in the book The Keys to the House by Sami al-Ajrami,” – La Repubblica
About The Author
Jim Hicks
Sami al-Ajrami
Sami al-Ajrami is a Palestinian journalist born in 1967 in Jabalia, the largest refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip. He works as a freelance journalist and has been reporting for several international newspapers for years. He writes for the news agency Ansa and la Repubblica. He currently lives in Egypt.
Jim Hicks
Jim Hicks is the former executive editor of the Massachusetts Review and former director of the Graduate Program in Comparative Literature at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. At UMass, he was nominated by his students three times for the University’s Distinguished Graduate Mentor award. His most recent translation is Federica Marzi’s My Home Somewhere Else (Sandorf Passage). Other translations include short pieces by François-Marie Banier, Italo Calvino, Ananda Devi, Violaine Huisman, Juan José Saer, Izet Sarajlić, and longer works by Erri De Luca. His Lessons from Sarajevo: A War Stories Primer was published by the University of Massachusetts Press.
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