***THE NUMBER 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*** ***THE IRISH BESTSELLER*** 'Meaningful and
impactful ... A vital [read] ... Tell all your friends' BRITISH VOGUE 'A powerful collection'
SERVICE 95 founded by Dua Lipa 'These brilliant young people have embraced writing as a form
of liberation both for the self and to resist the global invisibilisation of Gaza.' FRANCESCA
ALBANESE United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories 'This book
is a jailbreak and a miracle' NAOMI KLEIN 'Essential . . . A project that insists on
liberation' TA-NEHISI COATES 'You'll carry [it] in your heart for a long time' KAMILA SHAMSIE
'Wondrous devastating and vibrant' BRYAN WASHINGTON 'Impossible to put down or forget' RIZ
AHMED A teenage girl stares at her roof hoping it won't collapse over her head. A young
student searches the Internet for photos of libraries around the world hoping he'll be able to
visit them one day. Another walks around the city taking notes of all the buildings she dreams
of repairing. These are the stories of young people from Gaza born under Israeli occupation
and blockade. They are people who have endured unspeakable struggles and losses who keep
fighting to be recognised not as numbers but as human beings with hopes dreams and lives
worth living. We Are Not Numbers was founded in 2014 to give voice to the youth of Gaza. In
this collection vital urgent and full of heart spanning over ten years to the present moment
we gain an unparalleled insight into the past as well as the current and next generation of
Palestinian leaders artists scientists and scholars and imagine where we might go from here.
'A vital book . . . a profoundly important literary event' CHINA MIEVILLE 'A brilliant
collection of voices that lays bare the struggles and suffering of ordinary young Palestinians'
MONICA ALI ' We Are Not Numbers is not just a book - it's my life their life and our
shared story . . . This is Gaza as it truly is written by those who live it every day' MOTAZ
AZIZA 'A rebellion against the singular story. An insightful multifaceted glimpse into the
besieged Gaza Strip where millions of people continue to confront a genocide waged by an
Israeli regime' MOHAMMED EL-KURD
