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Gözler Gazze'de: Yok Edilmeye Tanıklık
7 Ekim'den sonra Gazze'de gerçekten neler olduğunu tam idrak edebilmiş değiliz. İşte bu kitap, bu süreçte Gazze'nin nasıl bir ablukaya alındığını ve dünyanın gözü önünde nasıl bir etnik temizlik sahasına çevrildiğini ortaya koyuyor.
Gazze'de başlayan kıyım, hayatını kaybedenlerin sayısıyla değil, insanlık hafızasına kazınan derin yaralarla ölçülebilir. Gözler Gazze'de, bombaların gölgesinde yaşamaya mahkum edilen bir halkın; her gün biraz daha kararan dünyanın gözleri önünde yok edilişine tanıklık ediyor.
Khaled A. Beydoun, soykırımın dijital çağda nasıl belgelendiğini, medyanın nasıl büyük bir ikiyüzlülük sergilediğini, Müslümanların katledilmesindeki pervasızlığın nasıl bir bilinçaltıyla şekillendiğini ve Filistin halkının yok edilişine karşı dünyanın hangi sınavlarla yüzleştiğini anlatıyor.
Bu kitap, bir çağrı! Emperyal tarihe karşı sessiz kalmamaya, tanık olduğumuz dehşeti inkar etmemeye, hafızamızı diri tutmaya bir çağrı...
Gazze'de başlayan kıyım, hayatını kaybedenlerin sayısıyla değil, insanlık hafızasına kazınan derin yaralarla ölçülebilir. Gözler Gazze'de, bombaların gölgesinde yaşamaya mahkum edilen bir halkın; her gün biraz daha kararan dünyanın gözleri önünde yok edilişine tanıklık ediyor.
Khaled A. Beydoun, soykırımın dijital çağda nasıl belgelendiğini, medyanın nasıl büyük bir ikiyüzlülük sergilediğini, Müslümanların katledilmesindeki pervasızlığın nasıl bir bilinçaltıyla şekillendiğini ve Filistin halkının yok edilişine karşı dünyanın hangi sınavlarla yüzleştiğini anlatıyor.
Bu kitap, bir çağrı! Emperyal tarihe karşı sessiz kalmamaya, tanık olduğumuz dehşeti inkar etmemeye, hafızamızı diri tutmaya bir çağrı...
- GenresNonfiction
192 pages, Paperback
Published October 14, 2025
About the author
Khaled A. Beydoun
6 books62 followersKhaled A. Beydoun is a leading voice on Arab, Middle Eastern and Muslim identity, and he is widely regarded as one of the leading experts on Islamophobia globally.
He is an Associate Professor of Law at the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law; he also serves as an Extraordinary Professor at the University of Western Cape Desmond Tutu Center for Religion and Social Justice (Cape Town, South Africa).
He is the author of the acclaimed books American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear and The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims, which are considered foundational works in the study of Islamophobia.
He is an Associate Professor of Law at the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law; he also serves as an Extraordinary Professor at the University of Western Cape Desmond Tutu Center for Religion and Social Justice (Cape Town, South Africa).
He is the author of the acclaimed books American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear and The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims, which are considered foundational works in the study of Islamophobia.
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November 23, 2024
10/feb/2026
I think it’s only right to use whatever platform we have to advocate for what actually matters, regardless of how uncomfortable the truth may be. This isn’t about canceling the author or turning him into a villain - I’m not here for that. This is simply a reminder that many corporate charities today are no longer competing in sincerity or genuine intention to help, but in optics…who looks better than whom… who trends harder… who wins the moral performance.
I am EXHAUSTED by influencers making millions by attaching donation links to videos of Palestinian trauma. And no, I’m not saying that people involved in fundraising should gain nothing at all - that’s not realistic. But profiting on that scale from a fundraiser that is meant to alleviate suffering is absurd, and frankly disturbing. If you can’t tell yet; I’m genuinely angry by this.
Instead of resources being used meaningfully and directly, it feels like we’re generating excess - waste, spectacle, content - while real people continue to suffer. Everything gets filtered through algorithms, branding, and profit margins. It’s hard for me to be optimistic about this, especially when all this feels like a dystopian reality where morality is somehow marketed and optimized for engagement.
Yeah, I’m sick of this.
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”Back then, we were all the same. But today, we are all Palestinian.”
Eyes on Gaza by Khaled A. Beydoun is an urgent and heartbreaking read. This book is honestly beautiful, raw and heartbreaking. It's beautiful even as it confronts the brutality of war, even as it lays bare how the world has failed Gaza and Palestine.
We are essentially readung the unrelenting horrors of siege, starvation, and displacement in Gaza, as ethnic cleansing unfolds with terrifying speed. Paired with Mohammad Sabaaneh's powerful illustrations, Beydoun's essays are a true testament of our current times.
Let this book be a call to witness, to remember, and to act. Though I wished the author dove deeper into some topics, I still totally think this is a straight-up form of resistance, which I'm so very honored to have gotten the chance to read.
One of the quotes that resonated with me:
”The rule of life?” Aimé Césaire asks rhetorically: “I look around, and wherever there are colonizers and the colonized face to face, I see force, brutality, cruelty, sadism, conflict”—and as Gaza stands as a living case study.
Thank you, Edelweiss, for giving me the chance to read Eyes on Gaza ahead of its release.
I think it’s only right to use whatever platform we have to advocate for what actually matters, regardless of how uncomfortable the truth may be. This isn’t about canceling the author or turning him into a villain - I’m not here for that. This is simply a reminder that many corporate charities today are no longer competing in sincerity or genuine intention to help, but in optics…who looks better than whom… who trends harder… who wins the moral performance.
I am EXHAUSTED by influencers making millions by attaching donation links to videos of Palestinian trauma. And no, I’m not saying that people involved in fundraising should gain nothing at all - that’s not realistic. But profiting on that scale from a fundraiser that is meant to alleviate suffering is absurd, and frankly disturbing. If you can’t tell yet; I’m genuinely angry by this.
Instead of resources being used meaningfully and directly, it feels like we’re generating excess - waste, spectacle, content - while real people continue to suffer. Everything gets filtered through algorithms, branding, and profit margins. It’s hard for me to be optimistic about this, especially when all this feels like a dystopian reality where morality is somehow marketed and optimized for engagement.
Yeah, I’m sick of this.
___
”Back then, we were all the same. But today, we are all Palestinian.”
Eyes on Gaza by Khaled A. Beydoun is an urgent and heartbreaking read. This book is honestly beautiful, raw and heartbreaking. It's beautiful even as it confronts the brutality of war, even as it lays bare how the world has failed Gaza and Palestine.
We are essentially readung the unrelenting horrors of siege, starvation, and displacement in Gaza, as ethnic cleansing unfolds with terrifying speed. Paired with Mohammad Sabaaneh's powerful illustrations, Beydoun's essays are a true testament of our current times.
Let this book be a call to witness, to remember, and to act. Though I wished the author dove deeper into some topics, I still totally think this is a straight-up form of resistance, which I'm so very honored to have gotten the chance to read.
One of the quotes that resonated with me:
”The rule of life?” Aimé Césaire asks rhetorically: “I look around, and wherever there are colonizers and the colonized face to face, I see force, brutality, cruelty, sadism, conflict”—and as Gaza stands as a living case study.
Thank you, Edelweiss, for giving me the chance to read Eyes on Gaza ahead of its release.
June 22, 2025
I wanted to read out of my comfort zone, and it was incredibly enlightening. The author, a law professor, has a great talent. He has published a selection of his Substack ramblings that are misinformed, deluded, misguided, inaccurate, and replete with errors by omission, lies by omission, and outright untruths. He has produced a classic example of doublespeak, hypocrisy, and displaced moral equivalence. I commend the author. While reading the book, I kept having to look up people, dates, and events, so this was a true learning experience.
He related truly horrible things: the murder of Wadea Al-Fayoume, a six-year-old stabbed 26 times by his crazed Illinois neighbor; famine and genocide in Sudan and Congo; and no mass outcry from Christian communities about their co-religionists in Gaza. But he also failed to mention that Hamas has controlled Gaza since 2007. They are still holding hostages, and bear the responsibility for the misery of their people. Nor that Hezbollah attacked Israel on October 8th, and that “Operation Grim Beeper” targeted only Hezbollah operatives.
In the “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it” (Joseph Goebbels) department, he mentions genocide 6 times, massacre (never referring to October 7th) 16 times, Famine 14 times, Ethnic Cleansing 39 times, Prison/Panopticon 18 times, Dystopian 10 times, Apocalyptic 6 times, and Subaltern - the colonial populations who are socially, politically, and geographically excluded from the hierarchy of power of an imperial colony. – 7 times.
He related truly horrible things: the murder of Wadea Al-Fayoume, a six-year-old stabbed 26 times by his crazed Illinois neighbor; famine and genocide in Sudan and Congo; and no mass outcry from Christian communities about their co-religionists in Gaza. But he also failed to mention that Hamas has controlled Gaza since 2007. They are still holding hostages, and bear the responsibility for the misery of their people. Nor that Hezbollah attacked Israel on October 8th, and that “Operation Grim Beeper” targeted only Hezbollah operatives.
In the “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it” (Joseph Goebbels) department, he mentions genocide 6 times, massacre (never referring to October 7th) 16 times, Famine 14 times, Ethnic Cleansing 39 times, Prison/Panopticon 18 times, Dystopian 10 times, Apocalyptic 6 times, and Subaltern - the colonial populations who are socially, politically, and geographically excluded from the hierarchy of power of an imperial colony. – 7 times.
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January 26, 2026
This was gifted to me by my partner who heard about it on NPR. Although I have read about many of the topics, names, and concepts online already, there were several pieces of information that I did not know prior to reading this short collection. It provides a clear timeline of the ongoing genocide happening in Gaza through a variety of perspectives and formats (including visuals, poems, epigraphs). The endnotes led me to several texts I would like to explore further.
The essay “Machine Dreams, Digital Nightmares” stands out to me as being particularly informative, as the use of AI in Gaza has not come across my online networks. I am glad to have this as a physical text, a permanent fixture that cannot be censored.
The essay “Machine Dreams, Digital Nightmares” stands out to me as being particularly informative, as the use of AI in Gaza has not come across my online networks. I am glad to have this as a physical text, a permanent fixture that cannot be censored.
February 22, 2025
"You can cut all the flowers, but you cannot keep Spring from coming." - Pablo Neruda (p.152).
"I am an Oriental, writing at the Orientalists, who for so long have thrived upon our silence." - Edward Said, from 'Out of Place: A Memoir'. (p.125).
"The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed." - Stephen Bantu Biko, from 'Black Consciousness in South Africa.' (p.119).
"I kissed her, but she wouldn't wake up." Reem, the granddaughter of Khaled killed by Israel. "She was the soul of my soul." (p.61).
"I am an Oriental, writing at the Orientalists, who for so long have thrived upon our silence." - Edward Said, from 'Out of Place: A Memoir'. (p.125).
"The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed." - Stephen Bantu Biko, from 'Black Consciousness in South Africa.' (p.119).
"I kissed her, but she wouldn't wake up." Reem, the granddaughter of Khaled killed by Israel. "She was the soul of my soul." (p.61).
December 12, 2025
A collection of essays from Khalid A. Beydoun on the siege of Gaza during 2023-24 with accompanying art from Mohammad Sabaaneh.
Obviously harrowing descriptions of slaughter and violence against Palestinians, but the words are eloquently articulated.
The book could have benefited from a copy editor (spotted typos and errors in the book) but it serves as an important time capsule of resistance during this digital era.
Obviously harrowing descriptions of slaughter and violence against Palestinians, but the words are eloquently articulated.
The book could have benefited from a copy editor (spotted typos and errors in the book) but it serves as an important time capsule of resistance during this digital era.
September 30, 2026
A must read; it's a very short but heavy book exposing the real horrors happening in Palestine. It took me so much time to finish this very small book because of the heavy intensity of emotions I felt while reading. Every person especially every Muslim should read it to have a better knowledge of what's actually happening on the other side of the world.
"Knowledge production, in fact, is a lasting form of resistance and rebillion"
"Knowledge production, in fact, is a lasting form of resistance and rebillion"
April 17, 2026
I started this book last year and never got around to finishing it until this month (Arab American month). I think this partially had to do with the fact that the Gaza g-side had been so overwhelming for me. But I’m glad I finished it. I loved the artist’s artwork that was included throughout the book.
April 20, 2026
Horrifying, gruesome, somber. One of those books you can only read a little bit at a time because the events are so horrific, but true, unlike a horror novel. I don't want to say it was a great read because of the contents, but it was extremely informative and a great book for awareness
June 26, 2025
If you read nothing else about Palestine, read this book. It is a tough read, and an utterly necessary one.
August 11, 2025
a great summary.
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May 30, 2026Impossible to rate.
September 6, 2026
No words to describe how beautiful, haunting and important this book is. May we all bear witness to Palestine people and their stories.
October 26, 2026
“Zaman bizi yeni duraklara götürüyor. Yeni yüzler, dönemler, sahte savaşlar, taze yaralar… Gelgelelim tüm bu geçitler, yeni karşılaşmalardan çok geri dönüşler gibi hissettiriyor.” 🌀
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