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Gaza Stay Human – Vittorio Arrigoni/ Introduction by Ilan Pappe – Book Review
Ilan Pappe, a professor of History at the University of Exeter starts his introduction in the book by saying: “ It is first and foremost an eyewitness account of 
an everyman and a true humanist. He was there during the Operation “Cast Lead” and so his daily dispatches came directly from the killing fields of Gaza, and are therefore free of any media distortion or manipulation.”
Gaza Stay Human is an amazing book that introduces the twenty-two day Israeli offensive against Gaza strip in December 2008 and January 2009.
The book is simple but it attracts the reader to continue on reading to find out what exactly happened in this Israeli operation in Gaza. The book brings daily dispatches which were written by Vittorio Arrigoni who is a volunteer with the pacifist International solidarity movement that served as a human shield while working with the Palestinian Red Crescent ambulances during the Israeli attack on Gaza strip.
The conditions that Vittorio describes through his dispatches are not from his imagination or a text written for a movie but real events that took place in Gaza and shock the reader. Bombing, and lack of communication are two things which Vittorio lives like the thousands of other Palestinians in Gaza while they were all under siege and the Israeli attack. Eventhough the writers passes through the most inhuman actions which the Gaza strip witness while being under the Israeli attack, he insists on repeating the motto “Stay Human” that became popular today in his native Italy while protesting.
The book includes an introduction by renowned Israeli historian and human rights activist Ilan Pappe and also brings the dispatches translated to English for the reader.
The book was published on September 1, 2010 and is worth reading. It simply gives you an opportunity to live the events that the Palestinians lived while being under the Israeli offensive operation in Gaza. It is not a movie or a fiction story…it is a description of the daily life that these people lived while being under attack.
Daniela Filippin is the translator into English of Vittorio Arrigoni’s book Gaza Stay Human. Daniela made great efforts to get the book published.
[...] perpetrated by Israel, as well as covering the subsequent Israeli war on Gaza. He authored “Gaza: Stay Human” in 2008, giving eye-witness accounts of Israeli war crimes. His work in Palestine has [...]
[...] perpetrated by Israel, as well as covering the subsequent Israeli war on Gaza. He authored “Gaza: Stay Human” in 2008, giving eye-witness accounts of Israeli war crimes. His work in Palestine has [...]
[...] Arrigoni wrote for the Italian newspaper Il Manifesto and for Peace Reporter and in 2010 he wrote Gaza Stay Human, a book based on what he witnessed and survived during Operation Cast Lead.Khaleel Shaheen of the [...]
[...] Arrigoni wrote for the Italian newspaper Il Manifesto and for Peace Reporter and in 2010 he wrote Gaza Stay Human, a book based on what he witnessed and survived during Operation Cast [...]
[...] Arrigoni wrote for the Italian newspaper Il Manifesto and for Peace Reporter and in 2010 he wrote Gaza Stay Human, a book based on what he witnessed and survived during Operation Cast [...]
[...] might not have heard of Vittorio Arrigoni before the day of his kidnapping even though his work along with a long line of activists and their contributions to the Palestinians were always in the [...]
[...] Arrigoni wrote for the Italian newspaper Il Manifesto and for Peace Reporter and in 2010 he wrote Gaza Stay Human, a book based on what he witnessed and survived during Operation Cast [...]
Dear Ziad, Gaza, Stay Human by Vittorio Arrigoni is in Arabic language now, Translated by Malek Wannous and published in Beirut at the beginning of this month by Arab Center for Researches and Policy Studies. The Link of the news is the following:
http://www.neelwafurat.com/itempage.aspx?id=lbb209398-183505&search=books