Books On Palestine: A Reading List To Understand Palestinian History, Politics And Culture

Poetry

1. ‘Daily Nightmares’ by Fadwa Tuqan, translated by Yusra A. Salah바카라 웹사이트
   Movingly depicts the struggles of the Palestinian people 바카라 웹사이트
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2. ‘Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear’ by Mosab Abu Toha
   Poems that spring from the author라이브 바카라 experiences in Gaza as a child and as a young father
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3. ‘Strangers in Light Coats’ by Ghassan Zaqtan
   Poems about Palestine, life in wartime, and losing the war to live for love
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4. ‘Memory for Forgetfulness’ by Mahmoud Darwish바카라 웹사이트
   Bears witness to the Israeli siege of Beirut in 1982 and explores the role of memory바카라 웹사이트
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5. ‘In the Presence of Absence’ by Mahmoud Darwish
   An elegy for the self, a lyrical meditation on history, Palestine, family and friendship

Fiction

1. ‘Wild Thorns’ by Sahar Khalifeh, translated by Trevor LeGassick and Elizabeth Fernea바카라 웹사이트
   One of the first novels to shine a light on daily life in Palestine under occupation
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2. ‘Minor Detail’ by Adania Shibli바카라 웹사이트
   A haunting meditation on war and memory that cuts to the heart of the Palestinian experience of life under occupation
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3. ‘Men in the Sun’ by Ghassan Kanafani
   A short story collection seeped in the anguish of displaced Palestinians
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4. ‘Salt Houses’ by Haya Alan바카라 웹사이트
   This novel traces a Palestinian family라이브 바카라 story over three generations and the ways in which the Nakba and colonialism impacted individual lives

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5. ‘Against the바카라 웹사이트Loveless World’ by Susan Abulhawa
   A lyrical novel that tells the story of a Palestinian refugee who becomes radicalised바카라 웹사이트

Literary Non-fiction

1. ‘The Drone Eats with Me: A Gaza Diary’ by Atef Abu Saif바카라 웹사이트
   A moving account of a Gazan라이브 바카라 struggle to survive during the 2014 Israeli assault on his homeland
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2. ‘We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir’ by Raja Shehadeh
   Set against his complicated relationship with his father, Shehadeh라이브 바카라 memoir traces the injustices Palestinians have suffered throughout history

2. ‘Palestinian Walks’ by Raja Shehadeh바카라 웹사이트
   A love letter to Ramallah where nature is under assault and flora and fauna are displaced by checkpoints and gunfire
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3. ‘A Party for Thaera: Palestinian Women Write Life in Prison’, ed. Haifa Zangana, translated by Salam Darwazah Mir바카라 웹사이트
   Nine women, all former Palestinian prisoners, share their stories in their own voices in this book

Non-fiction

1. ‘The Question of Palestine’ by Edward Said
   Original, deeply provocative, a compelling call for Palestinian identity and for justice
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2. ‘The Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians’ by Noam Chomsky
   Challenges the American narrative of the Israel-Palestine conflict and dissects US foreign policy
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3. ‘Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer’바카라 웹사이트by Phyllis Bennis
   A comprehensive introduction to the history, politics and the human cost of the Israel-Palestine conflict
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2. ‘Hamas – From Resistance to Regime’ by Paola Caridi, translated by Andrea Teti
   An incisive account of Hamas’ origins, growth and rise in Palestine바카라 웹사이트
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3. ‘Voices of the Nakba: A Living History of Palestine’ edited by Diana Allan바카라 웹사이트
   Stories of first-generation Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, documenting a watershed moment in the history of the Middle East through the voices of the people who experienced it
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4. ‘Palestine Speaks: Narratives of Life Under Occupation’ ed. Mateo Hoke바카라 웹사이트and바카라 웹사이트Cate Malek바카라 웹사이트
   In바카라 웹사이트‘Palestine Speaks’,바카라 웹사이트men and women from the West Bank and Gaza describe in their own voices how their lives have been shaped by the conflict

Plays

1. ‘Fireworks’ by Dalia Taha
   Captures the full extent of the claustrophobia of life under occupation in Palestine
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2. ‘Stories Under Occupation and Other Plays from Palestine’ edt. Samer Al-Saber and Gary M. English
   A collection of plays presented by contemporary Palestinian theatre groups that shine the spotlight on life in wartime and the horrors of living under occupation