The Gate of Memory and Friends of Wadi Foquin present: a virtual reading from A Chronicle of Our Land, intimate stories from the village of Wadi Foquin in the occupied West Bank. Featuring the book's author*, alongside Kenji Kuramitsu, Starr Sumie Miyata, and Michael Yoshii. Hosted by Gate of Memory co-editor, Brandon Shimoda.
A Chronicle of Our Land was published by Communities of Memory, the publishing imprint of the Memory and Resistance Laboratory, UC Riverside. Friends of Wadi Foquin is a network of individuals and faith communities seeking to support the survival and thriving of a threatened West Bank village. Wadi Foquin is situated between a growing illegal Israeli settlement, the Apartheid Wall, and an Israeli town on the other side of the Green Line.
*for security reasons, and for purposes of this event announcement, we’re keeping the author’s name anonymous.