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Rana Shubair Author

Rana Shubair is a Palestinian writer. She specializes in English language training, testing and translation. Working with young people has given her the chance to understand their dreams and the energy that lies within. She sees her job as a chance to instill hope and motivation in their lives so they may take towards accomplishing their dreams.

Rana has lived through all the turbulences and major events, which took place in her country. The intelligent youth of Gaza persevering under the Siege and the stalwart widows who struggle to care for their children have all inspired her to tell the world her story. Rana currently lives in Gaza with her family and has lived a part of her life in the USA.

Rana started writing at a young age and published works on women and Gaza on numerous websites like opendemocracy.net. She’s a mother of three and hopes one day her children will travel to see the world that exists outside Gaza.

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In Gaza I Dare To Dream is a mesmerizing window into one of the greatest miracles in human history: Palestinian resilience. These dispossessed people endure the most severe Israeli racist oppression but do not give up. Rana Shubair’s writing is rich, forceful and personal. Rana brings the reader to Gaza, to the sea, to the street, to her balcony. In Gaza I Dare To Dream you hear the Israeli drones above, smell the generator fumes and see the children playing on the beach. This book also provides invaluable insight into the role of Islam within Palestinian society and the power of religion as a unifying force. Rana Shubair is not a journalist who has visited Gaza for a week or two, she is the real thing. She has endured the open-air prison that is Gaza and provided a heartfelt account that is lyrical, poetic and devastating.
Gilad Atzmon
Gilad AtzmonAuthor and musician
Rana Shubair gives us an insider's view of her "beloved Gaza," the open-air prison where periodic Israeli assaults turn people into "numbers," and where daily life is at the mercy of a "power switch" going on and off (mostly off). In Shubair's telling, love becomes the only means of resistance, so as to remain "human beings like them"-- those who are free. Love of country and of people, love which no one can jail, proves to be a source of human and literary creativity.
Norman Finkelstien
Norman Finkelstien American political scientist, activist, professor, and author
When Rana sent me a copy of her manuscript a few weeks ago and asked me for my reactions, I told her that I would get to it in several days. But I decided to take a quick peek at it when it arrived by email a few moments later. Once I started reading, everything else went on hold. I was totally absorbed. I could not put it down. I read it cover to cover without interruption. My immediate reaction – get this book published. In Gaza: I Dare to Dream moved me. In fact, it inspired me.
Denny Cormier
Denny CormierSocial media activist, citizen journalist, and photographer.