Wejdan Wejdy Abushammala, author of ‘They Can’t Kill the Stars,’ also received an award for ‘bearing witness and preserving testimony.’

Digital and hard-copy booklets help share Palestine’s story with the world—and provide income for emerging writers.

If you must die / then I must live / to begin where you left off, although / you have never truly ceased.

What is the point of sharing with the world what is happening inside Gaza, when nothing changes?

All I wanted was some CDs and books. But nothing is simple in Gaza.