What Have You Left Behind - Bushra al-Maqtari, translated by Sawad Hussain (Fitzcarraldo Editions) book 750 copies

750 copies

ISBN: 978-3-948440-67-1

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What Have You Left Behind - Bushra al-Maqtari, translated by Sawad Hussain (Fitzcarraldo Editions) book 750 copiesIn 2015, a year after it started, Bushra al Maqtari decided to document the suffering of civilians in the Yemeni Civil War, which has killed over 350,000 people according to the UN. Inspired by the work of Svetlana Alexievich, she spent two years visiting different parts of the country, putting her life at risk by speaking with her compatriots, and gathered over 400 testimonies, a selection of which appear in What Have You Left Behind? Purposefully