Stories of Palestine
Noor
[This post was originally published in 2021]
The occupation of Palestine continues. The oppression of Palestinians continues. As Open Democracy reports, 'The new Israeli government is likely to be more right-wing and harsher in its approach towards Palestinian Jerusalemites fighting to stay in their homes'.
We hold the Palestinian people in our hearts through their words - their stories and songs and personal histories. Palestinian literature has flourished in various genres and languages, persisting against censorship, blockade, occupation, and exile. .Here are some of our favourites.
[We've also reflected on the unfolding situation in Palestine this spring with two other posts: Palestine Solidarity : Stand with the families of Sheikh Jarrah; Palestine Solidarity : the time to act is NOW, don't look away These signpost resources, campaigns and books.]
Linked Books
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- Palestine +100 : Stories from a century after the Nakba : 2
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- Ghalayini, Basma, Maarouf, Mazen, Dabbagh, Selma, Masoud, Ahmed, Hamed, Anwar, Shawish, Talal Abu, Y
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- Minor Detail
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- Shibli, Adania
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- The Parisian
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- Hammad, Isabella
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- The Sea Cloak
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- Qarmout, Nayrouz, Richards, Perween
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- In The Presence Of Absence
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- Mahmoud Darwish
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- Mornings in Jenin
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- Abulhawa, Susan
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- The Book of Disappearance : A Novel
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- IBTISAM AZEM
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- My First and Only Love
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- Khalifeh, Sahar, Bamia, Aida
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- The Book of Ramallah : A City in Short Fiction
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- Abu Al-Hayat, Maya, Abu Rhama, Anas, Badr, Liana, Hamad, Ameer, Hourani, Khaled, Jaber, Ahmad, Khada
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- Salt Houses
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- Alyan, Hala
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- Home Away From Home; voices from the Palestinian Diaspora
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- Hakim, Maclean, Mindermann
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- Palestinian Walks : Notes on a Vanishing Landscape
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- Shehadeh, Raja
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- A Child in Palestine : The Cartoons of Naji al-Ali
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- Naji Al-Ali
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- I Saw Ramallah
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- Barghouti, Mourid, Soueif, Ahdaf, Said, Edward W.
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- In Jerusalem and Other Poems : Written Between 1996-2016
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- Tamim Al-Barghouti
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- Exhausted on the Cross
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- Darwish, Najwan, Abu-Zeid, Kareem James
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- A Blade of Grass : New Palestinian Poetry
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- Foyle, Naomi
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- Life in a Country Album
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- Nathalie Handal
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- Falastin: A Cookbook
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- Tamimi, Sami, Wigley, Tara,
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- Zaitoun : Recipes and Stories from the Palestinian Kitchen
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- Khan, Yasmin
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- Palestine on a Plate : Memories from my mother's kitchen
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- Kalla, Joudie
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- Screaming Olives
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- Bitar, Farid
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- Against the Loveless World : Winner of the Palestine Book Award
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- Abulhawa, Susan
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- Erasing Palestine : Free Speech and Palestinian Freedom
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- Gould, Rebecca Ruth
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- A Land with a People : Palestinians and Jews Confront Zionism
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- Farmer, Esther, Petchesky, Rosalind Pollack, Sills, Sarah