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Palestine speaks : narratives of life under occupation

Call Number

  • 956.94 M245 (CEN, OSH)

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Publication Information

Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, 2021.

Physical Description

334 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Summary

'For more than six decades, Israel and Palestine have been the focal point of an intractable conflict, one that has led to one of the world's most widely reported yet least understood human rights crises. In their own words, men and women from West Bank and Gaza describe how their lives have been shaped by the conflict. Here are stories that humanize the oft-ignored violations of human rights that occur daily in the occupied Palestinian territories."--Provided by publisher.

Contents

  • Introduction. Between us bread and salt / by Cate Malek and Mateo Hoke
  • Ibtisam Ilzghayyer, cultural center director
  • Abeer Ayyoub, journalist
  • Laith Al-Hlou, farmer, day laborer
  • Abdelrahman Al-Ahmar, lawyer
  • Riyam Kafri Abu Laban, chemistry professor, blogger
  • Amiad Cohen, executive of Eli Settlement
  • Ebtihaj Beʼerat, homemaker
  • Ghassan Andoni, physics professor
  • Jamal Bakr, fisherman
  • Fadi Shihab, computer technician
  • Wafa Al-Udaini, NGO worker
  • Ahmad Al-Qaraeen, shop owner
  • Muhanned Al-Azzah, artist
  • Tali Shapiro, English-Hebrew translator
  • Kifah Qatash, homemaker, student
  • Nader Al-Masri, semi-professional runner
  • Appendices. I. Timeline of modern Palestine
  • II. Glossary
  • III. Palestine and international law / by Allegra Pacheco
  • IV. Gaza's tunnel-based economy / by Nicholas Pelham
  • V. Palestinian demographics
  • VI. In waiting / by Riyam Kafri Abu Laban.

Added Authors

Mateo Hoke