2014

These are a treasure trove of writings on the life, culture, music, and history of Jerusalem. Spanning over four decades, from 1904 to 1948, they cover a period of enormous and turbulent change. The result is a vibrant, sprawling collection of...

Efforts to achieve a “two-state solution” have finally collapsed; the struggle for justice in Palestine is at a crossroads. This book offers a clear analysis of this crossroads moment and looks forward with urgency down the path to a...

Nazareth-born Rawia Bishara learned to cook from her grandmother and mother long before words such as foodie were coined. In Brooklyn she opened Tanoreen, today recognised as New York's foremost Middle Eastern restaurant. Her cooking celebrates...

A moving memoir of Chayut’s journey from eager Zionist conscript of Operation Defensive Shield to leading campaigner against the Israeli occupation. He slowly starts to question his soldier’s calling, Israel’s justifications for...

Israel launches Operation Cast Lead. Waiting for the Israelis is Azad, a member of the Palestinian resistance. Through his memories of growing up in Gaza we are taken on a journey into the impact of the Israeli occupation. At the same time a...

This evocative examination of everyday life in Shatila, a refugee camp in Beirut, provides an account of camp experience, of communal and economic life as well as inner lives, and tracks how residents relate across generations, cope with poverty...

This gripping, comi-tragic fictional–factual saga takes place in the environs of Jerusalem, from late Ottoman times to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. With the colourful strokes of his pen, Ibrahim Nasrallah paints a vivid...

The English translation of the memoirs of Anbara Salam Khalidi, the iconic Arab Lebanese feminist. At a time when women are playing a leading role in the Arab Spring, this book brings to life an earlier period of social turmoil and women's...

Ilan Pappe looks at the continued role of Zionist ideology in providing a sense of self and political direction. In particular, Pappe examines the way historians have framed the 1948 conflict as a liberation campaign, creating...

Reflections from Palestine tells the story of life under Israeli occupation. Khoury explains the wide-ranging social and political problems facing Palestinians under occupation through the sweet and sorrowful experiences of family and community life.