susan abulhawa is a respected Palestinian author, who has consistently come under fire from right-wing Zionist forces for her unflinching criticism of the brutal occupation that murdered many members of her family and drove her into exile. As she states, “Palestinians are the only people in the world who are expected to watch what we say so we don’t offend those who did this to us.”
CÉLINE SEMAAN: We recently published an excerpt from your new book Every Moment is a Life, which is a compilation of short stories by writers in Gaza. Tell me about that project. How did it come about?
SUSAN ABULHAWA: I went to Gaza and a friend of mine, who runs an organization called the “Culture & Free Thought Association,” asked me if I would conduct a writing workshop.
