TY - BOOK AU - Hass,Amira TI - Drinking the sea at Gaza: days and nights in a land under siege SN - 0805057390 : AV - DS110.G3 H3713 1999 PY - 1999/// CY - New York PB - Metropolitan Books KW - Hass, Amira KW - Military government KW - Gaza Strip KW - Palestinian Arabs KW - Social life and customs KW - Arab-Israeli conflict KW - 1993- KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - In 1993, young Israeli reporter Amira Hass drove to Gaza to cover a story--and stayed. Now, in a work of calm power and painful clarity, Hass reflects on what she has seen in Gaza's gutted streets and destitute refugee camps, offering a portrait of a people not brutalized but eloquent, spiritually resilient, bleakly funny, and morally courageous ER -