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Speaking the Truth Zionism, Israel, and Occupation

"In our struggle for justice and peace in South Africa we had to learn to speak—and listen to—hard truths. Our experience should encourage all who strive for justice and peace in the Holy Land. My visits to the Holy Land remind me so much of...

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Shifting Sands The Unraveling of the Old Order in the Middle East

A fresh look at the Middle East today, tomorrow, and in the past: fifteen writers, with an introduction by Raja Shehadeh, author of the Orwell Prize-winning Palestinian Walks, and Penny Johnson. At a time when the Middle East dominates media headlines...

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Seeking Palestine: New Palestinian Writing on Exile and Home

How do Palestinians live, imagine and reflect on home and exile in this period of a stateless and transitory Palestine and a sharp escalation in Israeli state violence and accompanying Palestinian oppression? How can exile and home be written? In this...

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Palestine Hijacked: How Zionism Forged an Apartheid State from River to Sea

How terror was used by Zionist militias to transform Palestine into an apartheid settler state.The Israel-Palestine “conflict” is typically understood to be a clash between two ethnic groups—Arabs and Jews—inhabiting the same land...

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Out of Arabia Phoenicians, Arabs, and the Discovery of Europe

The first volume in a series that examines the spread of cultures from the East into Europe About the Author Warwick Ball is a Near Eastern archaeologist who has spent over twenty-five years carrying out excavations, architectural studies, and monumental...

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Night in Gaza

A moving account in words and pictures of a doctor at work in Gaza. This book is a medical doctor’s account of what he witnessed in Gaza in the summer of 2014. It is the photo story you will not see on television or in the newspapers. On July 7,...

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My Jerusalem

Here is a passionate and eclectic collection of essays, poems, and scholarship that brings to life Jerusalem, that most enigmatic and compelling of cities, in its embattled, contemporary guise as well as in its ancient history. The book begins in the...

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Jerusalem in History

The city of Jerusalem has a special place in the consciousness of the great monotheistic religions. Throughout its history it has been the site of glories and catastrophes; a place that has been witness to transition and occupation by a diversity of...

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Jerusalem Arab Social Life, Traditions, and Everyday Pleasures in the 20th Century

AN EXTREMELY VALUABLE GUIDE TO 20TH CENTURY ARAB LIFE IN JERUSALEM. Jerusalem is a city of unique grief, a city that has been the target of conquerors more than twenty times. Yet the city has managed to maintain its Arabic culture and...

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Islam in Retrospect

RENEWING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ISLAM IN TODAY’S WORLD Islam, in many of its current guises, no longer resembles its original Message. In a world of intractable conflicts plagued by political Islam and Islamophobia—and where other forms of...

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Egyptian-American Journeys An Anthology

Egyptians are relative newcomers to the United States. For thousands of years, ruling powers came and went, but the inhabitants of the Nile valley tended to stay in the land of their birth. They rarely emigrated from Egypt.Modern times have seen a...

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Determined to Stay Palestinian Youth Fight for Their Village

Palestinian youth and the fight for their village Silwan is a Palestinian village located just outside the ancient walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. Determined to Stay: Palestinian Youth Fight for Their Village is a moving story of a village...

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Beyond Shattered Glass Voices from the Aftermath of the Beirut Explosion

True stories of survival, strength, and solidarity On August 4, 2020, a massive explosion in the Beirut port decimated much of the capital city. The notoriously corrupt and criminally negligent Lebanese government was nowhere to be found. Instead,...

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Yemen: Jewel of Arabia

Combining outstanding photographic skills with assiduous research, this book takes the reader on a fascinating journey through Yemen The sophisticated traveler is fast awakening to the glories and treasures of Yemen, the land of the half-mythic Queen of...

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When All the Lands Were Sea A Photographic Journey into the Lives of the Marsh Arabs of Iraq

Rare and visually stunning images of a lost world. This remarkable collection of photographs, captured by internationally acclaimed photojournalist Tor Eigeland in 1967, offers unprecedented insight into the daily life of the Marsh Arabs of Iraq. These...

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The Oud- An Illustrated History

A beautifully-written illustrated history of one of the most important instruments in music cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. According to a literary tradition of Iraq, the origin of the oud lies in the grief of Lamak, a descendent...

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Sugar Comes from Arabic: A Beginner's Guide to Arabic Letters and Words

A user-friendly Arabic alphabet-and-culture book for complete beginners No other Arabic alphabet book demystifies the letters in such a comfortable way, by introducing them in English alphabetical order of the Roman alphabet and using the spelling of...

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Palestinian Costume

The traditional costumes of the Palestinian villagers and Bedouin are of exceptional beauty and diversity, especially the festive costumes of the women with their lavish silk embroidery and patchwork and their dramatic headdresses encrusted with coins...

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Ottoman Embroidery

The Ottoman Turks, rulers of what was one of the world’s greatest empires, had a passion for decoration that manifested itself in every aspect of their lives, not least in the textiles with which they adorned themselves, their homes, and palaces...

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Kahlil Gibran Beyond Borders

Painter and poet, immigrant, rebel, global citizen, author of the beloved classic, The Prophet. Kahlil Gibran: Beyond Borders tells the inspiring saga of the artist’s life and creative vision Gibran’s story is one of overcoming...