Remembering Al-Baqa Cafe: 'This place was different from every other place in Gaza'

Assembling a book during Israel's destruction of Gaza is no small feat. "The Black Book of Gaza: Testimonies of Genocide," ("El libro negro de Gaza. Testimonios de un genocidio") a Spanish-language literary anthology that features essays from 17 Palestinians in the Strip, was largely pieced together through WhatsApp by Gonzalo Delgado, an independent journalist based in Madrid. Remembering Al-Baqa Cafe: 'This Place Was Different From Every Other Place in Gaza' One year ago, an Israeli airstrike hit the crowded Al-Baqa Cafe, "shattering the last of our memories in Gaza." In an exclusive excerpt from a new book, Gonzalo Delgado and Malek Al Shanbari reconstruct the café, the people who gathered there and the moment it was destroyed Loading... Click the alert icon to follow topics: Comments Loading...