Eyes on Gaza: Witnessing Annihilation

by Khaled A. Beydoun, Mohammad Sabaaneh (Artist)

Overview

A powerful and impassioned collection of essays on the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, written in real time during the annihilation by a leading scholar of Islamophobia.

All the world's eyes are now on Gaza and Palestine. Arab and Muslim-American law scholar and author Khaled A. Beydoun shares his expertise and his perspective on the conflict in essays he wrote during the year following October 2023, accompanied by over sixty pieces of art created by Palestinian political cartoonist, Mohammad Sabaaneh during the same time period.

Since October of 2023, the world has been watching as a horrific siege has been waged in Gaza. A devastating bombing campaign carried out by the Israeli military in response to a Hamas attack on Israeli civilians. We have witnessed the killing of tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians, mostly women and children, and our hearts are breaking. Eyes on Gaza is Khaled A. Beydoun’s attempt to process what we have been seeing.

Beydoun opens our eyes to the historic events and the political motivations which impact the decision making of the leaders involved, as he shares his own story and his father's story as Arab Muslims in America. He offers his expert perspective on events as they have unfolded. This book combines personal narrative, contemporary history, and thoughtful reporting to shine a light on the horror in Palestine today. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781951491413
Publisher:	Street Noise Books
Publication date:	02/25/2025
Pages:	168
Sales rank:	531,345
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Khaled A. Beydoun is a leading voice on Arab, Middle Eastern and Muslim identity, and he is widely regarded as one of the leading experts on Islamophobia globally. He is an Associate Professor of Law at the Arizona State UniversitySandra Day O’Connor College of Law; he also serves as an Extraordinary Professor at the University of Western Cape Desmond Tutu Center for Religion and Social Justice (Cape Town, South Africa). He is the author of the acclaimed books American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear and The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims, which are considered foundational works in the study of Islamophobia. 

Mohammad Sabaaneh is a Palestinian cartoonist. He is the principal political cartoonist for the Palestinian Authority's daily newspaper, Al-Hayat al-Jadida. Sabaaneh is a Middle East representative for the Cartoonists Rights Network International and teaches art at the Arab American University of Palestine. His graphic novel Power Born of Dreams: My Story is Palestine, which tells the autobiographical story of his time as a political prisoner in Israel, received the Palestine Book Award. He currently lives in Ramallah, in the West Bank.

Table of Contents

Introduction | Olives and Time

 Part I | For Ali and Edward

Palestinian Children Have Names, Too

Gaza As Panopticon

On Terrorists and Freedom Fighters

Living on Borrowed Time

Gaza 2.0: The First Digital Genocide

An Ode to Anaam

The Black Soul of Palestine

Don’t Call it a Ceasefire

 Part II | For Reem and Hind

The Next Sinister Stage of Ethnic Cleansing

The Soul of My Soul

What About the Men?

Instagram vs. Palestine

No Christmas in Gaza

Motaz, Our Brother From Gaza

            Aaron Bushnell and the Rage That Burns Within Us All

            Man on Fire

 Part III | For Aaron and Issam  

            A Ramadan Starved By Genocide

            Foreign Images, Native Feelings

            Beheaded Babies Behind Rafah Tents

            Machine Dreams, Digital Nightmares

            Finding Justice in Cape Town

            Searching for Edward

            The People’s Champ 

            When Phones Are Bombs

 Conclusion | Old Body, New Mind  

Editorial Reviews

This powerful book courageously and compassionately keeps our eyes, hearts, and souls on the precious humanity of Palestinians as they confront barbaric genocidal Israeli forces. The imperial policies of the West, and especially the U.S., enable this bestial ethnic cleansing. Yet this catastrophe will not have the last word as long as we raise our voices and fight for truth, justice, and human dignity!” —Dr. Cornel West, author of Race Matters

“This book captures the genocide in Gaza and provides the world with a history that cannot be denied, and that won’t be forgotten. It fights back against the attempt to write Palestine out of history, and remembers our story for future generations, and forever.” —Belal Muhammad, UFC Middleweight Champion

“Lyrically weaving the political with the personal, this book documents in real-time the humanity and the devastating pain of Palestinians experiencing genocide. It is a must-read to understand the gravity of the collective punishment Israel has unleashed on more than two million innocent Palestinian civilians.” —Sahar Aziz, author of The Racial Muslim

“This book is not merely to be read; it is a call for everyone who opens its pages to act and to do something for Palestine, no matter how small. Every effort, every voice, and every step makes a difference in the struggle for freedom and justice.” —Belal Khaled, Palestinian photojournalist in Gaza

“A lucid and articulated analysis, much more than just required reading, given the extent of censorship and the severity of erasure of Palestinian stories, Eyes on Gaza appears as a book that hits the mark. A collection of essays that not only tell the truth in the face of the lies from the powerful but also resist the forces that conspire to erase Gaza from history.” —The New Arab

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