The Witness: This Is a Book About What War Leaves in a Man

📅 PREORDER – Available April 4, 2026

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This is not only a book.

It is a testimony.

The Witness is a collection of drawings and writings created during the war in Gaza by artist Ahmed Ashour. Each image in this book was once real. A moment of fear. A moment of loss. A moment of waiting. And sometimes, a small moment of hope.

These are not illustrations of war. They are attempts to understand what it means to remain human in a reality that constantly threatens to erase humanity.

The drawings are accompanied by personal reflections written during the same period. Together, they form a dialogue between image and language, between memory and experience, between what is seen and what is felt.

This book does not try to explain everything. It does not offer solutions.

It simply bears witness.

Inside this book you will find:

• Original artworks created during the war
• Personal texts reflecting lived experiences
• Themes of memory, loss, survival, and humanity
• A rare combination of visual art and philosophical reflection

Every page carries something that could not be forgotten.

Because war does not only destroy lives.
It also destroys stories.

This book exists so that those stories will not disappear.

"I saw.
That is why I drew.
That is why I wrote."

PRODUCT DETAILS

Format: Digital book (PDF)
Language: English
Author: Ahmed Ashour
Publisher: Joy Publishing
Length: 264 pages
ISBN: 978-952-65935-4-8
Release date: April 4, 2026

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