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Issa J Boullata

Issa J Boullata is a Palestinian writer, scholar, critic, and translator of Arabic literature.

Producing Palestine: The Creative Production of Palestine Through Contemporary Media

The Western imagination of Palestine has undergone many transformations. Today, the image of...
Ghassan Kanafani: Selected Political Writings

“Resistance, in its plethora of meanings and images, is what motivated Ghassan Kanafani to...
No One Knows Their Blood Type

Unlike most Palestinian fiction, No One Knows Their Blood Type (Cleveland State University Poetry...
The Hollow Half: A Memoir of Bodies and Borders

Living between identities, or half identities, what does one embrace? Sarah Aziza’s memoir, The...

Knights of Cinema: The Story of the Palestine Film Unit

This book consists of an account of the creation of the Palestine Film Unit (PFU) and its...
The revolution of 1936–1939 in Palestine

A radical analysis of Palestinian resistance from one of their most influential voices. Revisit...
Lana Makes Purple Pizza: A Palestinian Food Tale

Dive into "Lana Makes Purple Pizza - A Palestinian Food Tale," a heartwarming story for...
Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine Before the Nakba

A unique, stunning collection of images of Palestine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
Out of Gaza: New Palestinian poetry

At the beginning of the Fifth Gaza War, the Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer defiantly promised...
Elastic Empire: Refashioning War through Aid in Palestine

The United States integrated counterterrorism mandates into its aid flows in the West Bank and...