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The Stars Shine Brighter

A Father and Son in Gaza

Rami Abou Jamous Lilya Melkonian Adriana Hunter

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English
Other Press LLC
08 September 2026
On the morning of October 7, 2023, Rami Abou Jamous is already packed. A francophone journalist from Palestine, he is familiar with conflicts and quickly grasps what the scale of the Israeli response will be. His emergency bag containing passports, clothes, medical supplies, and cash is never far away-Rami is the father of a 2-year-old son, Walid, whom he must protect at all costs, physically and psychologically. He decides to create a bubble around this little boy that fear, anxiety, and sadness will not be able to penetrate. Explosions are fireworks, drones are birds in full flight, and Walid keeps smiling. Through a series of forced moves from Gaza City to Rafah to Deir al Balah, from a large, modern apartment to a refugee tent, Rami fights to preserve the safety and dignity of his family and neighbours. A declaration of a father's love for his son, Life in Gaza plunges the reader into the everyday reality of wartime. A unique and priceless testimony about supporting others when everything around you is collapsing.
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Imprint:   Other Press LLC
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 203mm,  Width: 133mm, 
Weight:   369g
ISBN:   9781635425857
ISBN 10:   1635425859
Pages:   176
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming

Rami Abou Jamous is a Palestinian journalist and three-time winner of the Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for war correspondents, which pays tribute to those who work in hazardous conditions to provide access to information. Adriana Hunter studied French and Drama at the University of London. She has translated more than ninety books, including Marc Petitjean’s The Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris and Hervé Le Tellier’s The Anomaly and Eléctrico W, winner of the French-American Foundation’s 2013 Translation Prize in Fiction. She lives in Kent, England.

Reviews for The Stars Shine Brighter: A Father and Son in Gaza

“There is some of Life Is Beautiful’s Roberto Benigni in Rami Abou Jamous.” —La Tribune Dimanche “[Abou Jamous’s articles] are an exceptional source of information…In The Stars Shine Brighter, he doesn’t use the vocabulary of resistance to describe in minute detail how you become habituated to a ‘half-life’…He speaks of love, of his love for his son Walid.” —En attendant Nadeau


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