Dubbed 'the poster girl of Palestinian militancy', Leila Khaled's image flashed across the world after she hijacked a passenger jet in 1969. In this intimate profile, based on interviews with Khaled and those who know her, Sarah Irving gives us...
Allen’s book provides a ground-breaking ethnographic investigation of the Palestinian human rights world. Human rights activity has been professionalized and politicised in Palestine, creating cynicism among Palestinian. Lori Allen contends...
The Gaza Kitchen is a richly illustrated cookbook that explores the distinctive cuisine and food heritage of the area known prior to 1948 as the Gaza District—and that of the many refugees from elsewhere in Palestine who came to Gaza in 1948...
The book examines how the response to Zionism of the various currents of the British Left evolved from 1917 up to the advent of New Labour. From The Communist party's embrace of the Zionist cause in 1947 to the conjunction of an...
Shlomo Sand examines the mysterious sacred land that has become the site of the longest-running national struggle of the last two centuries. Sand’s account dissects the concept of “historical right” and tracks the creation of the...
In 2011, Al-Jazeera published 1600 pages of confidential papers from the last five years of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. This book presents complete texts of a number of the most important papers on issues including the...
Meet Me in Gaza reveals the pleasures and pains, hopes and frustrations of Gazans going about their daily lives. Interspersed with fascinating historical, cultural and geographical detail, this is an evocative portrait of a Mediterranean country...
Studying how journalists work in Palestine, Bishara demonstrates how the production of U.S. news about Palestinians depends on multifaceted collaborations. Back Stories investigates questions about objectivity, violence, the state, and the...
This is the personal story of a Palestinian born in Haifa in 1935 and made a refugee in 1948. The story provides an eyewitness account of history, politics, inter-community relations, economics, refugee status, education, immigration, inner...
This beautifully written and compelling novel is a tale of two Palestinian brothers, one trying to build a bridge through scientific endeavour. The first person narrative draws the reader into the story of Ichmad. Gifted with a mind that continues...
