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04.21.26 — Culture and Ideas
Introduction to Gazology
A new literary genre refashions the ruins of Gaza into a dark political parable with a familiar villain.
By Matti Friedman
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The origins of this essay lie in a recent visit to the Middle East shelf in a Washington, D.C., bookstore during a visit from my home in the actual Middle East. I was on a short break from the story I’ve been living and covering in Israel for three decades, and from the tragedies that have become routine for Israelis and for our neighbors since the war …

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Matti Friedman
Journalist in Jerusalem. Author of “The Aleppo Codex,” “Pumpkinflowers,” “Spies of No Country,” and “Who by Fire.”
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Antisemitism
Books
Israel
Gaza
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