This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival.

In this event, Haidar Eid speaks to Usuf Chikte about his new book, a collection of essays and articles he wrote and published during the Israeli onslaught on Gaza and the “hermetic blockade” that has been in place since 2007.

The conversation was preceded by a screening of a documentary by Haidar: https://www.anemoia.net/zarnouqa.

The festival was made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust.