A Chain of Rosy Tales: A Feted Journalist Celebrates Life in Prewar GazaIn his new book, Mohammed Omer Almoghayer tells of the joys he experienced living most of his days in Gaza. Every chapter sheds light on a bygone social fabricIn his new book "On the Pleasures of Living in Gaza: Remembering a Way of Life Now Destroyed," which was released this month by OR Books in New York, he recounts his experiences in Gaza from before the current war. The 261 pages tell about the "simple pleasures" in the Strip, like the stars at night, pizza with friends, a soccer game, a wedding. He considers these moments of "true happiness."
When Almoghayer still lived in Gaza, he made his living telling people about how awful things were there. Here is the description of him from a lecture tour in the US in 2006:
Mohammed has experienced more pain, death, fear, destruction, hatred and despair in his 22 years than most people experience in a lifetime. He rises each day and, in spite of the pain, grabs his camera, pen and paper, and heads out into the war zone he calls home. "Words are my weapon against injustice, hate, starvation and oppression," he explains.
Which is it - was Gaza an idyllic place where everyone was happy, or a place of starvation and oppression before he even witnessed any wars?
Whichever one serves the purposes of the Palestinian propaganda machine better.
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