"This is not just a book; it is a screaming recorded on paper. I am Salah, a young man who once dreamed of building a future, only to find myself living through a genocide written by bombs—the absolute and terrifying algorithm of destruction. This memoir is a testament to the fact that wars do not just destroy buildings; they shatter the silent architecture of the soul.
My story begins in Rafah, a city that was once home to simple dreams of university elevators, football matches, and late-night programming sessions, mmm only to become the epicenter of a historical tragedy.
It is the story of October 26th, and also the story of June 29th, when I lost my uncle, and the story of losing my home at the beginning, the day I became a survivor by chance.
I write this not only as someone who lost his home, his uncle Saeed, and his closest friends —Mohammed, Abdullah, Ahmed, and Ibrahim— but as a witness bearing the weight of a shared wound.
I write for the millions of displaced people, for the starving children, and for the families who watched their world vanish into smoke and dust.
This is a memory of shared suffering, a record of how a vibrant community was swallowed up by piles of tents and fear.
It is a promise to the departed: their dreams, even shattered, will not be forgotten.
Here, between these pages, the voices of the martyrs and the pain of the displaced will resonate".