The Eyes of Gaza is not just a memoir.

Through human stories – through the raw honesty and vulnerability of an average 22-year-old woman trying to make her way through a turbulent world – it serves as a call to action. It seeks to compel a community into solidarity, a nation into transformation, and the wider world into a pursuit for peace.

This book is the recounting of a terrible time in the world, but it stands not as a heartbreaking lamentation to a life stolen from Plestia Alaqad; on the contrary, it is a manifesto for hope, advocating for a better fate for Gaza, her home, and a brighter future for all.