No Way But Forward: Life Stories of Three Families in the Gaza Strip, New America ONLINE

What is life really like in the Gaza Strip? Few outside observers have spent as much time on the ground in Gaza exploring this question as Brian K. Barber. In his new book, No Way But Forward, Barber traces how three ordinary young Palestinian men have experienced life in Gaza over the past thirty years—including the year following October 7, 2023. Their lives have been riddled with oppressive military constraint, violence, humiliation, and loss. Yet along with their parents, wives, and children, they have persevered. These narratives are gripping tales of survival, endurance, and hope.

Join New America’s Future Security Program as they welcome Brian K. Barber for a discussion of his new book and life in Gaza. Brian K. Barber, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at the University of Tennessee and the author of No Way But Forward: Life Stories of Three Families in the Gaza Strip. He is a former New America Future Security Program Fellow and was a 2016 Jacobs Foundation Fellow with New America’s Fellows Program. Among other books, he is the editor of Intrusive Parenting: How Psychological Control Affects Children and Adolescents (2002, American Psychological Association), and Adolescents and War: How Youth Deal with Political Conflict (2008, Oxford University Press).

His latest book is available at www.bkbarber.com.

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Participants:

Brian K. Barber
Author, No Way But Forward

Former Fellow, New America Future Security Program

2016 Jacobs Foundation Fellow, New America

Moderator:

Peter Bergen
Vice President, New America
Co-Director, Future Security

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