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Between life and death in Gaza
by Salah Akram
INTRODUCTION
"This is not just a book; it is a screaming recorded on paper. I am Salah, a young man who once dreamed of building a future, only to find myself living through a genocide written by bombs—the absolute and terrifying algorithm of destruction. This memoir is a testament to the fact that wars do not just destroy buildings; they shatter the silent architecture of the soul.
My story begins in Rafah, a city that was once home to simple dreams of university elevators, football matches, and late-night programming sessions, mmm only to become the epicenter of a historical tragedy.
It is the story of October 26th, and also the story of June 29th, when I lost my uncle, and the story of losing my home at the beginning, the day I became a survivor by chance.
I write this not only as someone who lost his home, his uncle Saeed, and his closest friends —Mohammed, Abdullah, Ahmed, and Ibrahim— but as a witness bearing the weight of a shared wound.
I write for the millions of displaced people, for the starving children, and for the families who watched their world vanish into smoke and dust.
This is a memory of shared suffering, a record of how a vibrant community was swallowed up by piles of tents and fear.
It is a promise to the departed: their dreams, even shattered, will not be forgotten.
Here, between these pages, the voices of the martyrs and the pain of the displaced will resonate".
Stories of resilience: Salah and the People of Gaza between life and death.
by Salah Akram.
Book 144 pages. Text & photos: Salah Akram. December 2025.
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Table of Contents
+ Introduction...Page 5
+ Dedication...6
Part I. The Map of the Soul… A Geography Before the Ashes...8
1. I AM Salah...12
2. October 7th: The Beginning of the Frenzy and Life in the Open Grave...13
3. October 26th: The Day My Heart Died...15
Part II. The Graveyard of the Displacement Flood – From the Annihilation of Place...16
4. The Human Flood: Nights of Terror and The Road to Unknown...18
5. The Deceptive Truce... and Waiting for Death the World Watching...20
Part III. Chronicles of Blood and Sorrow...22
6. The Assassination of the Future (Education & Health)...24
7. Heartbreaking and Painful Stories: Documents of Blood and Oppression (October 7, 2023 – May 2, 2024)...25
8. The Genius of Life in a Time of Annihilation (Survival Stories)...32
9. Relief Organizations: The Lungs Trying to Breathe Underwater...37
10. American Sea Pier: The Biggest Failure and The Famine worsened...39
Part IV. The Soul’s Exodus – Diaries from Rafah...43
11. A Sky Raining White Mourning (Early May – May 7) and The Incomplete Farewell...45
12. The Night of Fire and Tanks (May 29, 2024)...49
13. Hell of the Sands & Farewell to Saeed...51
14. Between the Rubble of Memory and the Screens of Study: A Year of Challenge under Fire...54
Part V. Autumn of Blood: The Massacres of August and October 2024...55
15. Trap of Return… and The Depth of the Pain...58
16. Announcing a Temporary Ceasefire to Stop the Bloodshed...62
17. The Return of Genocide Is More Brutal than Ever...65
18. Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (“The Death Trap”)...67
19. Crimes Escalate, Ground Advances Continue, and Lives Are Lost...70
Part VI. The Massacres, the Horrific Stories, and the Endless...72
20. The Situation Worsened Considerably...79
21. Humiliating Airdrop Operations...82
22. Things That Happened to Me...85
Part VII. Here are Some More Detailed Elements That I Couldn’t Include in the Middle of the Story...92
23. The division of Gaza and restrictions on movement...93
24. Detail of the Areas Invaded (Dates and Current Status)...94
25. Backbone of Relief (United Nations)...98
26. Reports and Statistics During the Genocide...102
27. Sleepless Sky: The Psychology of Aerial Terror...107
28. The Tent: The Transparent Nylon Tomb...111
29. Here Is a Detailed and Accurate Account of the Deliberate Starvation that Occurred during Two Years of Genocide...118
30. After Extensive Research and Testimonies from Some Surviving prisoners, Here Are Powerful Details of What Prisoners.
+ Endure...123
+ Appreciation and Gratitude...133
+ Photographs by Salah...134.
Story of Steadfastness: Between Life and Death in Gaza
by Salah Akram
Book 119 pages. First edition, 2026.
I am Salah, a Palestinian from Gaza.
I am 24 years old.
I wrote this book from the heart of suffering, from the heart of genocide.
I lost my home, my uncle, and my friends.
We are suffering a lot.
The situation here is disastrous.
The killing has not stopped.
"To the memory of my beloved uncle Saeed, my friends Mohammed, Abdullah, Ahmed, and Ibrahim, whose futures were stolen by a missile from a criminal occupation. I also dedicate this book to my family, and to the Palestinian people of Gaza, the pillars of resilience, who shared every tremor of fear and every moment of hunger, and who abandoned their homes to survive. And to the children of Gaza, who paid the ultimate price for an existence they never chose. This is for the martyrs and the memory we carry".
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