Who are the Palestinians?



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Bitter Harvest: A Modern History of Palestine
       by Sami Hadawi

      




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Drinking the Sea at Gaza
       by Amira Hass

      




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Palestinian Identity
       by Rashid Khalidi

      




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The Palestinian People : A History
       by Baruch Kimmerling, Joel S. Migdal

      




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Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians
       by Staughton Lynd, Sam Bahour, and Alice Lynd (Editors)

       facts cannot be doubted, this is a real good read, gives a great overview on the whole problem of the MiddleEast.




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Palestinians: In Search of a Just Peace
       by Cheryl Rubenberg

      




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Palestine: A Personal History
       by Karl Sabbagh

      




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After the Last Sky: Palestinian Lives
       by Edward Said and Jean Mohr

      


5 out of 5 stars Visual Poetry
by a Reader from Washington, DC, posted on Tuesday, Sep 30, 2003

Initially, I did not think that a book written in the mid-1980s would be a useful in the fast-changing topic of the Middle East. This was written before the Oslo peace process and before the first Palestinian Intifada, remember. I was therefore pleasantly surprised to find this gem in the library. Visual poetry is the best description I can think of - beautiful photos from the lens of the Swiss master Jean Mohr document Palestinian reality on every page. The photographic narrative is intertwined with a poetic elaboration by Edward Said (in my opinion the best I've seen of his writing). So much information is there, but also so much is left unsaid - for us readers to think about and visualize. Though some of the events in Middle East history may appear absurd, after reading this book it all starts to fit together and make sense. Even events taking place afterwards like the Intifada makes sense after understand the context the this book paints with such wonderful clarity. More books like this are desperately needed!

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