Genocide Dispatches

How Plestia Alaqad’s Gaza Diary Became A Bestseller

Plestia Alaqad’s weapon of choice? Her pen. By all accounts, Plestia is a normal 23-year-old Muslim girl learning about life, love and growing into herself — except for one thing: she has lived her entire life under occupation, and now she has survived a genocide. Since the start, Plestia sought refuge in her journal by…