You should know that maybe only four stories were written in order to be submitted to the book. Later, I announced the project through Facebook, Twitter, local universities in Gaza, and personal contacts. We had a couple of fruitful workshops, and I took many of their suggestions into consideration. Since many of the writers are my own students (and friends), I contacted them and informed them of the idea of a book to mark the fifth anniversary of Cast Lead. In October 2012, Helena and I discussed a number of possible book projects and later decided a book of short fiction is the best place to start. I met Helena Cobban in Gaza and threw the idea of a book of young talents into her lap, and later, thanks to Annie Robbins of, Helena saw the potential in the project. Going global became a necessity after the hateful Israeli Offensive of 2008-09. And I always had the idea of collecting the best pieces written by my students in a book. Refaat Alareer: I’ve been teaching World Literature and Creative Writing at the Islamic University-Gaza (IUG), and at other Gaza training centres, ever since I finished my MA in Comparative Literature from UCL, UK in 2007. The book’s editor, Refaat Alareer, answers questions about the collection:ĪrabLit: How did the idea for this collection come about? How did you put out the call for submissions? Did you tell the writers it was to commemorate Cast Lead? Now a book of short stories, Gaza Writes Back, marks the anniversary. It was five years ago that Cast Lead began.
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