Two Rows Behind Me

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Surviving Terror, Bearing Witness, and Refusing Silence

Marien-Edgard Ngbali Bemi

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English

Marbe
27 January 2026

True crime; Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict; Violence in society

Two Rows Behind Me is not a book about terror as spectacle. It is a book about proximity, memory, and moral responsibility.

On 28 January 2024, during Sunday Mass at Santa Maria Church in Istanbul, a terrorist attack shattered the ordinary rhythm of prayer. Two rows behind the author, a man was killed. The author survived. That simple, unbearable asymmetry-life continuing beside life extinguished-becomes the quiet centre of this powerful work.

Written in restrained, lucid prose, Two Rows Behind Me is a testimony rather than a memoir, an ethical reflection rather than a chronicle of violence. Marien-Edgard Ngbali BEMI refuses sensationalism and instead asks the deeper questions terror leaves behind: What happens when violence enters a place of refuge? How does fear reshape memory? Why is indifference the final victory of terror? And what responsibility remains for those who walk away alive?

Moving beyond the moment of attack, the book explores faith under threat, the politics of fear, the erosion of attention in the news cycle, and the danger of ""normalised horror."" It restores the humanity of the victim, challenges the silence that follows violence, and insists that remembrance is not sentiment, but resistance.

This is a book written for the secondary anniversary of terror-when the world has moved on, but the ethical demand has not. It speaks to believers and non-believers, educators and citizens, leaders and witnesses. Above all, it speaks to anyone who understands that terror never remains isolated, and that what happens ""two rows behind"" one person ultimately concerns us all.

Quiet, uncompromising, and deeply human, Two Rows Behind Me is a refusal to forget-and an invitation to choose memory over fear.

By: Marien-Edgard Ngbali Bemi
Imprint: Marbe
Edition: Large type / large print edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 367g
ISBN: 9798233770708
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 27 January 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Marien-Edgard Ngbali Bemi, Türkiye'de British International School İstanbul'da Fransızca öğretmeni ve bilgi teorisi koordinatörüdür. Çeşitli ülkelerde çeşitli okul dersleri vermiştir: Demokratik Kongo Cumhuriyeti, Birleşik Krallık ve Türkiye. Demokratik Kongo Cumhuriyeti, İtalya ve Birleşik Krallık'ta eğitim görmüştür. Çok dilli olan ve birçok dili akıcı bir şekilde konuşabilen yazar, teoloji alanında lisans derecesi ve felsefe ve eğitim alanında çift yüksek lisans derecesi de dahil olmak üzere çeşitli üniversite derecelerine sahiptir. Aynı zamanda çeşitli makale ve kitapların yazarıdır.