However, for me, the most precious of all the manuscripts in my library were the six stories I wrote in Israeli jail. These were the first stories I ever wrote, penned during a few months of incarceration following my participation in the First Intifada in 1992. I wasn’t quite 19 when I wrote those stories. I “published” them by hanging them on the wall of the prison.
In Atef Abu Saif’s 2019 novel, set in Jabalia, Gaza, a host of local characters attempt to solve an ever-expanding mystery, each in their own way, but all relying mainly on their imaginations. […]
By ArabLit Staff Political scientist and multi-award-winning novelist Gazan Atef Abu Saif — author of the moving The Drone Eats with Me, an account of the 2014 bombardment of Gaza — […]
DECEMBER 27, 2023 Publisher Comma Press — which previously brought out Atef Abu Saif’s acclaimed The Drone Eats With Me — yesterday published a new memoir by the award-winning author, titled Don’t Look Left: […]
Abu Saif is in reportedly in critical condition.
“Are you still living there?” he asks.
“Where else should I live?” I answer.
