„Daybreak in Gaza“

Gaza used to be a place of humanity and creativity, rich in culture and industry. A place now utterly devasted, its entire population displaced by a seemingly endless onslaught, its heritage destroyed. 

The book “Daybreak in Gaza” compiles the stories of local residents. It is a record of an extraordinary place and people, and of a culture preserved by the people themselves. Vignettes of artists, acrobats, doctors, students, shopkeepers and teachers offer stories of love, life, loss and survival. They display the wealth of Gaza’s cultural landscape and the breadth of its history.

After the attacks of October 7, 2023 and the beginning of the war, Mahmoud Muna and Matthew Teller kept in touch with friends and acquaintances in Gaza to check how they are. They ended up collecting the stories of about 120 Gazans from many different walks of life. By publishing their accounts, they seek to humanise the stories of people from Gaza. The result is a book that will make people cry as much as it makes people laugh. It is a book about hope as much as it is about anger and anguish. It stands as a mark of resistance to the destruction and as a testament to the people of Gaza.

In cooperation with Amnesty International and Friends of Standing Together Germany, we organise a reading of the book “Daybreak in Gaza” on Monday, 5 October 2026 at 7:00 pm. The two publishers Mahmoud Muna and Matthew Teller will read from their book and are available to engage with questions at Jockel Event Hall & Biergarten in Berlin-Kreuzberg.

With:

• Mahmoud Muna (Writer and bookseller from East-Jerusalem)
• Matthew Teller (Author and broadcaster)

Language: Englisch

Location: Jockel Event Hall & Biergarten (Ratiborstr. 14c, 10999 Berlin-Kreuzberg)

Admission is free, but a ticket is required. Please get your ticket here.
If you cannot make it to the reading, please cancel your ticket, so other people can take your seat. Thank you.

In cooperation with Amnesty International and Friends of Standing Together Germany

Information:   
Bauke Baumann, Senior Programme Officer Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Iran, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, 
E-Mail baumann@boell.de   
Telefon +49(0)285 34 -321