Coastal Lines Press: Memory is a Verb

We usually talk about memory as something we keep: a photo album, a house key, a street we can still walk in our heads. But what happens to identity when the places that held it are gone? In this panel, five authors from Gaza take on that question through their own writing and experience. Together we’ll ask how memory shapes who we are, and what it means to carry a home, a childhood, and a sense of self across cities, borders, and time zones. For some of us, memory is something to rebuild. For others, it’s something to carry, to argue over, to preserve, or to finally let go of. Each of us remembers differently, and those differences are part of the story. This is a conversation about identity as something that survives, not because the archive survives, but because we keep remembering. Come listen to the voices behind the memories. Speakers: * Nourhan Abushahin * Eva Abu Mariem * Khalid Al-Qershali * Mariam Al-khatib * Haneen Zaquot