Gaza: The Story of a Genocide | The Verso Book Club Reading Group
Eman Basher and Ahmed Masoud will join the Verso Book Club Reading Group to discuss Palestinian poetry, education, and resistance.
On January 25th, 2026 at 1pm EST / 6pm GMT, Verso Book Club members will be able to join our monthly online reading group session! This month we will be joined by Palestinian writers Eman Basher and Ahmed Masoud, contributors of the landmark anthology Gaza: The Story of a Genocide.
Eman Basher writes of her time as an English teacher in Gaza: “In this battered corner of the world, poetry, stories, and literature were the tools we used to carve out moments of imagination in a world that often felt like it had none to spare.”
Ahmed Masoud is the author of the acclaimed novels Vanished: The Mysterious Disappearance of Mustafa Ouda, and Come What May. Ahmed is a writer, poet, and director who grew up in Gaza, Palestine, and moved to the UK in 2002.
You can join the Book Club for as little as $10 / £8 per month, with no commitment. Sign up now!
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About the VBC Reading Group
As the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English-speaking world, we believe that a revolutionary pedagogy is vital to building a liberatory future. This new addition to the Verso Book Club moves beyond the initial reading of a book, asking readers to dig into the critical, though often messy, next stage of discussing, arguing, reflecting, and expanding upon the text.
Each month, we will meet over Zoom to hear from the authors themselves, or from a scholar, writer, or thinker who has had a key influence on the topic at hand. Guest speakers are not asked to lecture per se, but to be in conversation with their own reading of the text, highlighting key moments, explicating subtleties, and suggesting questions for further dialogue in advance of small group discussion. We also encourage members to self-organize either in person or virtual satellite meetups.
