Excerpts from “On the Zero Line”, Tariq Asrawi et al, published by Slow Factory and Isolarii.
The entries in On the Zero Line were written in the immediate aftermath of Israel’s invasion of Gaza in October, 2023. Given how the situation has worsened, from the increasing severity of famine in Gaza to the scores of civilians shot dead while seeking food at distribution points, one might say these entries are “outdated,” and in a sense they are; an anthology of writing from Gaza written in late 2025 would look different to this one. In another sense, however, the entries included here are not altered by a change in Gaza’s situation, because they are concerned with questions and themes that extend far into the past, and far into the future.