"Commonplace"

Title"Commonplace"
Year for Search2019
AuthorsYaghi, Rawan(b. 1996), and Ghalayin, Basma
Secondary TitlePalestine + 100 [Cover adds Stories from a century after the Nakba]
Pagination153-160
Date Published2019
PublisherComma Press
Place PublishedNp
ISBN Number978-1-91097-444-5
KeywordsCanadian author, English author, Female author, Palestinian author
Annotation

The story takes place in what was then a near future Gaza in which in which constant targeting by Israeli bombs and drones was “commonplace”.

Info Notes

The author's well-known professor in Gaza was killed by an Israeli bomb in December 2023.

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

The female author (b. 1996) was born and raised in Gaza and attended university at the Islamic University of Gaza and at Oxford. She is current living in Canada.

Full Text

2019 Yaghi, Rawan (b. 1994). “Commonplace.” Palestine + 100 [Cover adds Stories from a century after the Nakba]. Ed. Basma Ghalayin (Np: Comma Press, 2019), 153-160. PSt

The story takes place in what was then a near future Gaza in which in which constant targeting by Israeli bombs and drones was “commonplace”. The female author was born and raised in Gaza and attended university at the Islamic University of Gaza and at Oxford. She is current living in Canada. Her well-known professor in Gaza was killed by an Israeli bomb in December 2023.