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Your Presence Is a Danger to Your Life

by Samar Yazbek, Leri Price

National Book · 2026 · Longlist
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Other PressNonfictionTranslated336 pagesISBN 9781635426120

Award History

AwardYearStatus
National Book Award for Translated Literature2026Longlist

About This Book

Translated from the Arabic by Leri Price, Yazbek's work of witness gathers testimonies from Palestinians she met in Doha in 2024 as they received medical treatment, asking how their lives have changed since October 7, 2023. The subtitle is Voices of Survival and Witness in Gaza. Longlisted for the 2026 National Book Award for Translated Literature.

About the Authors

Samar Yazbek

Samar Yazbek is an author whose work has been recognized by major literary awards.

Leri PriceBritish

Leri Price is a British translator of Arabic literature. She was a National Book Award Translated Literature finalist with Samar Yazbek for Planet of Clay (2021) and Where the Wind Calls Home (2024), and with Khaled Khalifa for Death Is Hard Work (2019). Your Presence Is a Danger to Your Life, translated from the Arabic, was longlisted for the 2026 National Book Award for Translated Literature.

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