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Pizza Before We Die
An Eyewitness Account in Gaza
The human tragedy unfolding in Gaza has been made all the more tragic by the widespread denial and apathy expressed by much of the rest of the world. Here is an urgent first-hand account of life and death in Gaza, written not by a war correspondent, but an ordinary citizen whose life was upended when the genocide began. In the midst of the chaos, Hassan began posting about his daily experiences on Reddit. Three activists, moved by his words, started collecting his posts without a clear plan – only the conviction that his story needed to be seen and the hope that somehow, it might help raise funds for him. By chance, those posts found their way to award-winning author Yasuko Thanh, who helped Hassan frame them for a book.
Contributors
Hassan Kanafani
Hassan Kanafani (he/him) is from Gaza. He is a graduate from the Faculty of Engineering at Al-Azhar University in Gaza.
Yasuko Thanh
Yasuko Thanh (she/her) is a writer and a creative writing instructor at the University of Victoria in Victoria, BC. Her first novel, Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow Mountains (Penguin Canada), a tale of rebellion in French Indochina, won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize in 2016. Her bestselling memoir, Mistakes to Run With (Penguin Canada), which reflected on her journey from sex worker to successful writer, was a finalist for the Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes. Her most recent novel, To the Bridge (Hamish Hamilton), explored gaps in mental health care preventing suicide. Her next novel, The Falling Maria, is forthcoming in 2027.
