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About the book

Amani: The Spilled Perfume of Gaza is the life story of Palestinian teacher Amani Fuad, martyred in Gaza together with three of her children — Reem, Hassan and Nour. It is written by her husband of twenty years, Rami Naeem Al-Asmar, to preserve their names and faces after the news reduced them to numbers.

Across seven parts and two appendices, the book follows Amani’s life: her childhood in the UAE and return to Gaza, her home and children, her career as an innovative teacher nominated for “Palestine’s Best Teacher”, and her steadfastness in running her family’s life under siege, until her martyrdom. It includes an appendix of photographs, documents and belongings.

About the author

Rami Naeem Al-Asmar is an educator from Gaza and Amani’s husband. He survived the strike on his home, in which he lost his wife and three of his children, and wrote this book in their memory.