Under Siege: Remembering Leningrad, Surviving Gaza

Ayah Abubasheer, Esther Rappaport

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Abstract

How does one communicate what life is like under siege? Much has been written to describe the besieged Gaza Strip yet Al-Shabaka Policy Member Ayah Abubasheer and Guest Author Esther Rappaport bring new insights and perspectives in this Roundtable. Ayah Abubasheer lives under the siege of Gaza at the present time; Esther Rappaport’s family lived under the siege of Leningrad during World War II. Ayah and Esther came to know each other through social media during the Summer 2014 attack on Gaza and first thought of writing this piece during this war. In their reflections and analysis of the two sieges they ably communicate the stark reality of life under siege. The reflections of each of the two authors are given in their own voice. They also provide some additional factual information and background, and this part of their discussion, conversation, and argument is presented in the voice of a “narrator”.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationU.S.
PublisherAl-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network
Number of pages8
Publication statusPublished - 2014

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