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Atlas of Palestine, 1948 | |
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by Salman H. Abu-Sitta
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The Scar of David | |
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by Susan Abulhawa
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One Country | |
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by Ali Abunimah
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Jerusalem in History | |
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by K. J. Asali
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Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood | |
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by Ibtisam Barakat
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City of Stone : The Hidden History of Jerusalem | |
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by Meron Benvenisti
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Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid | |
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by Jimmy Carter
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Holy Land: Yesterday and Today, The | |
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by David, R.A. Roberts,Fabio Bourbon,Antonio Attini
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Enduring Hope: The Impact of the Ramallah Friends Schools | |
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by Patricia Edwards-Konic, Max Carter
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The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist | |
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by Emile Habiby
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Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East | |
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by Rashid Khalidi
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The Inheritance | |
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by Sahar Khalifeh
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Post-Oslo Reality and Shattered Dreams by a Reader from Washington, DC, posted on Sunday, Feb 18, 2007 This novel is an amazing portrayal of post-Oslo Palestinian society. In a style characteristic of Sahar Khalife, the main characters are shrouded with many layers of symbolism that carries deep meaning. Amazingly enough, the novel holds its own as a perfectly realistic and plausible plot, even in the most superficial reading. This is the kind of novel I would read over and over and find new meaning each time. | ||
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Image, the Icon, and the Covenant, The | |
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by Sahar Khalifeh,Aida Bamia
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Wild Thorns | |
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by Sahar Khalifeh Feminist trilogy documenting the Palestinian struggle for liberation | ||
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Provocative Reading on the Failures of the Palestinian Movement by a Reader from Washington, DC, posted on Sunday, Feb 18, 2007 The first novel (al-Sabbar) is a proto-historical novel documenting the initial days after the 1967 Earthquake in which Israel came to occupy the West Bank and Gaza strip. The novel follows the interconnected lives of a few Palestinians in Nablus who react to the shock in different ways. There's Usama, who infiltrates from Jordan to carry out armed resistance operations only to bring heartache and death to his mother and the rest of his family. There's his cousin 3Adel, who quit his family farm to work in Israel so he could feed his family. There's 3Adel's younger brother, who fluctuates in and out of Israeli jails. Israelis don't figure much inthe novel, though they are never far from the tension enmeshing the Palestinian characters. Much of the tension is internal, and this novel succeeds in exploring the roots of these internal conflicts. How can we reconcile resistance to Israeli occupation while we work in Israel and buy Israeli products? How can our movement claim to fight the Israelis when it is actually targeting our workers? How can we fight Israeli injustice in Israeli courts? These are questions that, 40 years later, still cut to the core of the dilemma of living under occupation. The second novel (3Abbad al-Shams) continues Khalife's thorough criticism of the Palestinian movement and its feeble response to the challenges of Israeli occupation. Land is continually expropriated and living space continually squeezed while the so-called Palestinian intelligentsia do nothing but meet for hours to squabble over trivial things. These editors of a progressive magazine bring to mind the different factions of the ineffectual PLO, or the modern day Palestine "activists" in the USA who waste hours in internecine feuds while Israel and its proponents make strides in establishing their hold. Women figure heavily in this novel, which is as much about the liberation of the Palestinian woman as it is about the liberation of Palestine itself. The woman reporter, the college student, the widow of the martyr, and the hooker - each in her own way evolves to rebel against the ills of her society. Provocative reading, and thoughtful even for today. The third novel (Bab al-Sahah) highlights the rotten social fabric of Palestinian society in the backdrop of the first Intifada. Reading it I realize why Palestinians are always losing. | ||
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The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine | |
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by Ilan Pappe
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Arab in America | |
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by Toufic El Rassi
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In the Holy Land | |
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by D. Roberts
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Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape | |
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by Raja Shehadeh
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The Object of Memory: Arab and Jew Narrate the Palestinian Village | |
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by Susan Slyomovics
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Oil Crusades: America Through Arab Eyes | |
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by Abdulhay Yahya Zalloum Relies on a wide range of references to paint a big picture of the history and background behind today's Oil Wars. After reading this, it will make sense like never before. | ||
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A Primer on today's Oil Wars by a Reader from Washington, DC, posted on Saturday, Jun 27, 2009 This book explores the history, economics, politics, and background of the Oil Wars that dominated the last 40+ years. While this book has little in terms of original research, it excels in putting together a wide range of sources and weaving a meaningful narrative that actually makes sense. You'll feel you understand current affairs better than ever before after reading this book: the Iraq War, the recent economic collapse, the Israel-Palestine problem, the religious right in America, etc. It is worth noting that the author, an expert on oil economics, has predicted the present-day economic collapse in this book, which was published in 2006. Time has proved him right on this count. The book is quite readable even for someone with little background on the topics. Due to its breadth, it is also quite informative even for someone with in-depth knowledge of one of the topics. There are many references at the back for anyone interested in reading more. PS I think the subtitle "America through Arab Eyes" is a bit of a stretch that has little to do with the topic except for the fact that the author is an Arab American. I suspect it was inserted by the publisher to captialize on the sales of another book (The Crusades through Arab Eyes). | ||
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