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 (writer, priest, clinical soicla worker), Starr Sumie Miyata (poet, photographer, Gate of Memory contributor), and Michael Yoshii (Pastor Emeritus at Buena Vista United Methodist Church & Co-Chair Friends of Wadi Foquin). Hosted by Gate of Memory co-editor, Brandon Shimoda.
Read about A Chronicle of Our Land here. It 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 / for purposes of this announcement, we’re keeping the author’s name anonymous.