Palestine Summer Reading List
Below you will find a list of books I am compiling as suggestions for those of us interested in broadening our understanding of Palestine’s history, culture and current state of affairs. I am more than open to any recommendations you may have, so send them my way in the comments section below!
**I am beginning to organize an online discussion series for these books. If you are interested in participating please send an email with your name and ‘PSRL’ as the subject to akkad.adam@gmail.com**
(Ranked in no particular order)
1) One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse – Ali Abunimah
2) Mornings In Jenin – Susan Abulhawa
3) Once Upon A Country – Sari Nusseibeh
4) Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights – Omar Barghouti
5) A Wall in Palestine By René Backmann, Translated by A. Kaiser
6) The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine – Ilan Pappe
7) Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy – Ben White
8) I Saw Ramallah – Mourid Barghouti
9) My Father Was A Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story – Ramzy Baroud
10) Sharon and my Mother-In-Law – Souad Amiri
11) The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East – Sandy Tolan
12) The Question of Palestine – Edward Said
13) Fateful Triangle: The US, Israel, and the Palestinians – Noam Chomsky
A couple of book suggestions:
1) Violence, Nonviolence and the Palestinian National Movement – Dr. Wendy Pearlman
2) Gaza Mom – Laila El-Haddad
3) The Wind in My Hair – Salwa Salem
– this is a memoir
4) Palestine – Joe Sacco
5) Footnotes in Gaza – Joe Sacco
4&5 are in comic book style.
Soul in Exile – Fawaz Turki