Books from Palestine
47 popular palestinian books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Asia Challenge" were written by authors from Palestine.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Balcony on the Moon : Coming of Age in Palestine by Ibtisam Barakat EN
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“Endearing . . . lyrical . . . depicts an adolescence that will be simultaneously familiar to readers . . . and very different in its backdrop of 1970s Palestine.” —School Library Journal A Junior Library Guild Selection A Palestine Book Award Shortlist Selection A VOYA Nonfiction Honor Roll Selection A Skipping Stones Honor Book An Arab-American National Museum Honor Book A Bank Street College of Education Best Book An American Library Association/Amelia Bloomer Project Top Ten Book A Notable Book for a Global Society A News & Observer Newspaper’s Wilde Best Book Award Winner A Middle East Bo... continue
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Blood Brothers by Elias Chacour, David Hazard EN
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The unforgettable story of Elias Chacour, a Palestinian Christian with deep love for both Jews and Arabs. The birth of the modern Jewish nation is set against ancient and modern history.
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Blood Brothers : The Dramatic Story of a Palestinian Christian Working for Peace in Israel by Elias Chacour, David Hazard EN
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As a child, Elias Chacour lived in a small Palestinian village in Galilee. When tens of thousands of Palestinians were killed and nearly one million forced into refugee camps in 1948, Elias began a long struggle with how to respond. In Blood Brothers, he blends his riveting life story with historical research to reveal a little-known side of the Arab-Israeli conflict, exploring whether bitter enemies can ever be reconciled. This book offers hope and insight to help each of us learn to live at peace in a world of tension and terror.
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burned alive by Souad EN
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Souad here relates how she survived an attempted 'honour killing' in her West Bank village for having had premarital sex. She calls for an end to the code of silence that allows this practice to continue in certain Islamic societies.
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Cactus Pear For My Beloved : A Family Story from Gaza by Samah Sabawi EN
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Samah Sabawi shares the story of her parents and many like them who were born as their parents were being forced to leave their homelands. Filled with love for land, history, peoples it is more than anything else a family story and a love story told with enormous humanity and feeling. How the son (one of six), born at the height of the displacements to a disabled father and illiterate mother, a believer in peaceful resistance, became a leading poet and writer in Palestine, before being forced, with his own young family in tow, to flee and start a new life in Australia. One of the gifts of Sama... continue
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Culture and Imperialism by Edward W. Said EN
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A landmark work from the author of Orientalism that explores the long-overlooked connections between the Western imperial endeavor and the culture that both reflected and reinforced it. "Grandly conceived . . . urgently written and urgently needed. . . . No one studying the relations between the metropolitan West and the decolonizing world can ignore Mr. Said's work.' --The New York Times Book Review In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as the Western powers built empires that stretched from Australia to the West Indies, Western artists created masterpieces ranging from Mansfield P... continue
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De wonderlijke lotgevallen van Sa'ied de Pessoptimist by Imīl Šukrī Ḥabībī, Djûke Poppinga NL
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De bizarre avonturen van een Palestijnse verklikker in dienst van de Israëlische geheime dienst.
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En presencia de la ausencia by Mahmoud Darwish ES
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En presencia de la ausencia es la autobiografía poética de Mahmud Darwix (1941-2008).
Volver... ¿adónde? Te preguntas mientras cuelgas cuadros en las paredes de tu nueva dirección. Ir... ¿adónde? Lo que tienes por delante es provisional. Lo que dejas detrás, transido de provisionalidad, está disperso. La eternidad que sube con la luz desde el jardín estalla en una carcajada. Le tomas el pelo diciéndole: También tú eres una exiliada. Y te preguntas: ¿Cuántas puntas has clavado en las parede... continue
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Falastin : A Cookbook by Sami Tamimi, Tara Wigley EN
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FALASTIN is a love letter to Palestine, the land and its people; an evocative collection of over 110 unforgettable recipes and stories from the co-authors of Jerusalem and Ottolenghi- The Cookbook, and Ottolenghi SIMPLE. Travelling through Bethlehem, East Jerusalem, Nablus, Haifa, Akka, Nazareth, Galilee and the West Bank, Sami and Tara invite you to experience and enjoy unparalleled access to Sami's homeland. As each region has its own distinct identity and tale to tell, there are endless new flavour combinations to discover. The food is the perfect mix of traditional and contemporary, with r... continue