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"The Rapid Killing Stopped, and the Slow Killing Began": A Conversation with Wasim Said

Palestinian author Wasim Said speaks from the Gaza Strip about current winter conditions, writing a book during a genocide, and how he sees narratives of reconstruction and resilience.

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Dec 20, 2025
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Wasim Said, author of “Witness to the Hellfire of Genocide”, in December.

Last week, Winter Storm Byron swept through the Mediterranean. While Israel battled power outages and trapped cars in the floods, in the Gaza Strip, where the Israeli military has destroyed or damaged more than 80% of buildings and left the vast majority of the population displaced…

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