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The British Left and Zionism, History of a Divorce

The British Left and Zionism, History of a Divorce

Author(s):

Paul Kelemen

Publisher:

Manchester University Press

Published:

September 2012
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...

The Invention of the Land of Israel

The Invention of the Land of Israel

Author(s):

Shlomo Sand

Publisher:

Verso Books

Published:

January 2013
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...

Might over Right

  Might over Right

Author(s):

Adel Safty

Publisher:

Garnet Publishing

Published:

September 2012
Might over Right provides a critical account of the history of how Zionist leaders managed, with the help of Western supporters, to wrestle a country away from its inhabitants. Relying mostly on Zionist, British, and Israeli sources, Might over...

The Disinherited

The Disinherited

Author(s):

Ibrahim Fawal

Publisher:

New South Books

Published:

February 2013
In this sequel to Fawal’s On the Hills of God, the young Palestinian Yousif Safi searches for his bride during their forced exodus during the catastrophe (nakba) of 1948. Their dream is to unite the Palestinian people around the world, and...

The Wall

The Wall

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published:

April 2013
13-year old Joshua who lives in an isolated town on top of a hill. Joshua has been taught that beyond the Wall is a brutal and unforgiving enemy. When he finds a way in to this territory, he undertakes a journey to a place where everything he...

The Almond Tree

The Almond Tree

Publisher:

Garnet Publishing Ltd

Published:

September 2012
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...

Classic Palestinian Cuisine

Classic Palestinian Cuisine

Publisher:

Saqi Books

Published:

June 2013
Classic Palestinian Cuisine is a collection of over one hundred dishes, such as ful m’dammas (broad bean salad), kidreh (rice with mutton) and djaj mahshi (stuffed chicken), characteristic of the culinary culture of the Mediterranean....

Gaza: When the sky rained white fire

Gaza: When the sky rained white fire

Author(s):

Musheir El-Farra

Publisher:

Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Published:

November 2012
On 27 December Israel embarked on Operation Cast Lead. Israeli F16s, Apache helicopters, tanks and warships launched thousands of missiles, including white phosphorous and cluster bombs onto the Gaza strip. This book details the horrific stories...

Occupation Diaries

Occupation Diaries

Author(s):

Raja Shehadeh

Publisher:

Profile Books

Published:

May 2013
It is often the smallest details of daily life that tell us the most. And so it is under occupation in Palestine. What most of us take for granted has to be carefully thought about and planned for. This is a portrait of life under occupation.

Winners of the Palestine Book Awards

  • They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom
  • I Sing From the Window of Exile
  • Imagining Palestine: Cultures of Exile and National Identity
  • Transnational Palestine: Migration and the Right of Return before 1948
  • Among the Almond Trees: A Palestinian Memoir
  • Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza
  • Tolerance Is a Wasteland: Palestine and the Culture of Denial
  • Reclaiming Humanity in Palestinian Hunger Strikes : Revolutionary Subjectivity and Decolonizing the Body
  • Psychoanalysis under occupation: practicing resistance in Palestine
  • Power born of dreams: my story is palestine
  • Al-Haq: A Global History of the First Palestinian Human Rights Organization
  • Sambac Beneath Unlikely Skies
  • Places of Mind: A life of Edward Said
  • Except for Palestine: The limits of progressive politics
  • A history of Palestinian Islamic Jihad: Faith, awareness, and revolution in the middle east
  • Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands
  • Against the Loveless World
  • The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017
  • Life in a Country Album
  •  There Where You Are Not