Naji El-Ali's Caricatures (in Arabic)

This book represents a rare collection of martyr Naji El-Ali's outstanding political cartoons which remain poignantly relevant today. This book is a must. Minimum donation $25.00 plus $5.00 shipping per copy.

Nakba
Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory
Edited by Ahmad H. Sa'di and Lila Abu-Lughod

"The catastrophic expulsion of the Palestinian people from their homeland in 1948 is a historic injustice that demands the attention of the entire world. Americans, Israelis, and Jews in every nation must especially give heed to this astonishing collection of masterful essays. Far from being a melancholy assemblage of anger and self-pity, this book is a major political and scholarly achievement, reflecting deeply on the traumatic roots of national identity, the role of memory and amnesia, history and mythical narrative, legal doctrine and eyewitness testimony, women's experience, men's business, and lost places found again in song, story, and film. This is essential reading for anyone who longs for a just settlement to 'the question of Palestine,' the question of the Middle East, or, indeed, the establishment of a world order of peace and justice."
—W. J. T. Mitchell, The University of Chicago, and author of What Do Pictures Want?: The Lives and Loves of Images - Minimum donation $28.00 plus $5.00 shipping per copy.

‘‘The Return Journey:A Guide to the Depopulated and Present Palestinian Towns and Villages and Holy Sites, in English, Arabic and Hebrew"
by Salman H. Abu Sitta

In 1948 85% of the Palestinians were displaced, 675 towns and villages were depopulated while their lands and properties were confiscated. Palestinians refer to this experience as the Nakba (‘catastrophe’). Today some two-thirds of the Palestinian people are refugees, displaced and dispossessed. Many of the villages they left behind have long since been destroyed and removed from the map by the Zionists. Some have been replaced by new immigrant Jewish communities, but for the most part, village lands have been converted into parks, designated for agricultural use and natural reserves, or used by the army. Places have been renamed with Hebrew names. In some cases, however, the foundations of homes, cisterns, terraces, cemeteries and holy sites, including mosques and churches, remain. Few of the actual sites are built on. Many visitors are unaware of the history or even the existence of these sites.

This guide provides users with a tool to locate and learn about these cities, towns and villages. Unlike other maps and road atlases, the guide merges these pre-1948 sites with current maps. In other words, users can see what there was before 1948 alongside what there is today. The guide can assist those Palestinians who are able to visit the site of the towns or villages of their original homes. It will also enable visitors to learn more about the modern history of the country. This guide will be a useful companion for your journey. It contains a wealth of information. Minimum donation $35.00 plus $10.00 shipping per copy.

In Hope and Despair: Life in the Palestinian Refugee Camps
Photographs by Mia Grondahl, foreward by Hanan Ashrawi and Introduction by Peter Hansen (Amer Univ in Cairo Press; October 2003)

Sixty years after the imposition of the colonial state of Israel, more than five million Palestinian refugees are still waiting to return to their homes and lands. Most are today living under harsh conditions in overcrowded camps in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and nearby countries. It is a wait that has now been passed on to a fourth generation. Between 1999 and 2002, Swedish photographer Mia Grondhal visited most of the camps in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, documenting through a remarkable series of intimate, direct and powerfully honest images the lives of a people making the best of a "temporary" existence that has lasted over half a century, a people whose lives have been put on hold but who still have not given up hope that one day they will return. Minimum donation $35.00 plus $5.00 shipping per copy.

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
by Ilan Pappe

In this excellent, well-researched book, historian Ilan Pappe demonstrates that the forced expulsion of more than three quarters of a million Palestinians between 1948-49 was part of a long-standing Zionist plan to impose an exclusive Jewish state in Palestine. Pappe provides a detailed account of the direct role of Zionist terror groups, such as Haganah, in the demolition and depopulation of hundreds of villages, and the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of indigenous native Palestinian Arabs. Pappe shows the clear relationship of these acts to the accepted international and UN definitions of ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. Focusing primarily on Plan D (Dalet, in Hebrew), which was developed by Ben Gurion with other Zionist leaders on March 10, 1948 in the "Red House" in Tel-Aviv, Pappe demonstrates how ethnic cleansing was not a circumstance of war, as has been falsely claimed by Zionist propaganda, but rather a deliberate goal of combat for Zionists and their military units led by David Ben-Gurion, the architect of this ethnic cleansing who later became Israel's first prime minister. This must-read book provides important inroads into the recent history of Palestine and the ethnic cleansing that continues unabated till today. Pappe calls for the unconditional return of all Palestinian refugees to their homes and land of origin. Minimum donation $28.00 plus $5.00 shipping per copy (hardcover).

In Search of Fatima
by Ghada Karmi

Karmi, a Palestinian doctor and founding member of the British political group Palestine Action, relates her quest for cultural identity after her family leaves Jerusalem for England during the imposition of the settler state of Israel in 1948. Karmi becomes an impassioned activist, and in 1977 begins practicing medicine in a Palestinian refugee camp in South Lebanon. Karmi writes engagingly, weaving Palestinian history through her personal recollections. The book's straightforward tone appeals to readers looking for insight into the Palestinian exile experience. Minimum donation $20.00 plus $5.00 shipping per copy.

Home Land - Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians
Staughton Lynd, Sam Bahour and Alice Lynd (Editors)

This comprehensive collection of oral histories brings to life generations of Palestinians, those living in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and in exile. The editors travelled throughout Palestine (present-day 'Israel', the West Bank and Gaza Strip) to find the multi-generational families living in towns, villages and refugee camps, and whose voices resonate in Homeland. These are Palestinians who lost their homes in 1948 and thereafter, who grew up as refugees in Palestine, Jordan or Lebanon, women battling for their land as well as their rights, former prisoners, farmers, workers, children and great-grandparents. Homeland poignantly links the people to the land, the attachment to which has created and sustained Palestinian national identity around the world. These are stories of loss, of exile, of remembering. Minimum donation $16.00 plus $5.00 shipping per copy.

Palestinian Refugees The Right of Return
Edited by Naseer Aruri

This book features contributions from a range of leading international authors and experts including the late Edward Said, Salman Abu Sitta, Elaine Hagopian, Ilan Pappe, Alain Gersh, Jaber Suleiman and Nur Masalha. The chapters cover the historical roots of the Palestinian refugee question; the obligations of host countries to refugees under international law, Israeli perceptions of the refugees and their inalienable rights; the roles of the United States and the European Union; the Palestine Liberation Organization, among other topics. Minimum donation $25.00 plus $5.00 shipping per copy.

Imperial Israel and the Palestinians
by Nur Masalha

In Imperial Israel and the Palestinians (Pluto Press), Nur Masalha provides a history of Israel's expansionist policies, focusing on the period from the June War of 1967 to the present day. He demonstrates that imperialist tendencies in Israel run the political gamut, from Left to Right. Masalha argues that the heart of the conflict between Zionist immigrants/colonialists and the native Palestinians has always been about land, territory, demography and water. He documents how Israeli policy has made it a priority to expel the Palestinians, either by war or other agressive measures. But these imperialist tendencies are not restricted to extremist zealots. The author uncovers the expansionist policies found in Labour Zionism and Kookist ideology. Chapters cover the Whole Land of Israel Movement, Zionist Revisionism and the Likud Party, Gush Emunim and the religious fundamentalists, parties and movements of the far right and the evolution of Israeli Jewish public attitudes since 1967. --- Minimum donation $25.00 plus $5.00 shipping per copy.

Sabra And Shatila September 1982
Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout

This book is perhaps the most comprehensive, authoritative account of what happened and who was responsible for the Sabra and Shatila massacre, which took place over three days in the Lebanese capital Beirut in 1982. The author, Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout, was a Professor at the Lebanese University at the time. Driven by the horror of what occurred, she interviewed survivors and set up an oral history project immediately after the massacre to preserve testimonies. This book is the result of this work. It is is a courageous attempt to make sense of what happened and an important political document in its own right. --- Minimum donation $40.00 plus $5.00 shipping per copy.

100 Shaheed - 100 Lives
Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, Rammallah

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Culture and Resistance by Edward Said

"Culture is a way of fighting against extinction and obliteration" according to the late Edward W. Said. In this book of interviews with David Barsamian, Said discussed the centrality of popular resistance to his understanding of culture, history and social change, in particular the Palestinian struggle for recognition and justice. Suggested donation $20.00 plus $5.00 shipping per copy.

Conversations with Edward Said (Tariq Ali)

In one of his last interviews, Edward Said speaks with Tariq Ali about his dislocated existence, his initiation into politics, his involvement with the Palestinian cause, his approach to the study of culture, and his pervasive love of literature and music. Intimate, personal, thought-provoking, and absorbing, these conversations capture Said -- as political activist, cultural historian, professor of literature, and music aficionado -- and confirm his position as one of the most passionate and thoughtful intellectuals of our time --- Minimum donation $20.00 plus $5.00 shipping per copy (hardcover).

From Oslo to Iraq and the Road Map: Essays by Edward Said

What always set the late Edward Said apart was his ability to state the uncensored truth about the realities of the Palestinian experience, from land expropriation and dispossession, to assassinations, roadblocks, and house demolitions. In From Oslo to Iraq and the Road Map, Said writes about the second intifada and about the so-called peace process, which he terms a kind of "fast-food peace" underscored by "malevolent sloppiness." He discusses the breach of democracy in the 2000 American presidential election and evaluates the Bush administration as hopeless in its allegiance to the Christian right and to the big oil companies. This book stands out for providing information and analysis often lacking in the American media. Suggested donation $20.00 plus $5.00 shipping per copy.

The Case for Palestine
by John Quigley

This book brings an international law perspective to bear on the invasion of Palestine. Quigley provides an extensively documented evaluation that covers the last century, discussing the Zionist movement, the League of Nations' decision to promote a 'Jewish homeland' in Palestine, the imposition of the colonial state of Israel in the period up to 1948, followed by Israel's occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights in 1967. Quigley attributes the breakdown in 2000 to the simple fact that none of the negotiations were based on the principles of justice and law. Minimum donation $24.00 plus $5.00 shipping per copy.

Teta, Mother, and Me: Three Generations of Arab Women
by Jean Said Makdisi

In this memoir, Makdisi (sister of the late Edward Said) explores the lives of three generations of Palestinian women, deftly illuminating a tumultuous century of modern Arab history, while raising important questions about the efficacy of ideology, the process of social development and the role of memory. Opening with the author's birth during WWII, the volume grows ever more engaging as Makdisi moves into the distant past of her grandmother Munira Badr Musa (or Teta) and her mother, Hilda Musa Said. Makdisi moves between dispassionate historical report and deeply felt emotion, mining first-person accounts where available and offering extensive research to fill in the gaps. Touching on one calamitous event after the other, from the devastating post-WWI famine in the Levant through the colonization and dispossession of Palestine and up to the Lebanese civil war - and explaining how the lives of women shaped and were shaped by each - Makdisi demonstrates how discussions of tradition and modernity generally miss the mark. "Valuable in its insights, sophisticated in its execution, this book deserves to be widely read." Description adapted from Publishers Weekly (Starred Review). Minimum donation $26.00 plus $5.00 shipping per copy (hardcover).

Palestine by Joe Sacco

This edition of Joe Sacco's Palestine comics faithfully and powerfully represents the contradictions and striking images related to the conflict in Palestine. It stands out as an honest well-researched account as well as a work of art in its own right. The book covers a wide variety of topics, including refugees, torture, Zionist attitudes, life inside prison, and more. These topics are introduced through Sacco's walk through the West Bank and Gaza Strip, while talking to people there. Suggested donation $25.00 plus $5.00 shipping per copy.

Jewish History, Jewish Religion by Israel Shahak

The late Shahak, a Jewish survivor of the Nazi holocaust, posits that Israel as a "Jewish state" constitutes a danger not only to itself and its inhabitants, but to all Jews and to all other people, nearby states and elsewhere. Shahak, who was raised as an Orthodox Jew, condemns what he sees as discrimination against non-Jews by Jews. According to Shahak, the real test facing Jews is the test of their self-criticism, which must include the critique of the Jewish past. Shahak insists that the religion, in its classical and talmudic form, is "poisoning minds and hearts." --- Suggested donation $20.00 plus $5.00 shipping per copy.

Abu Jmeel's Daughter & Other Stories: Arab Folk Tales from Palestine and Lebanon
by Jamal Salim Nuwayhid, Salma Khadra Jayyusi, and C. Tingley

Stories ranging from the kinds of fables and tales one might hear in The Thousand and One Nights to the Arab equivalent of European fairy tales. These 27 traditional Arab folk stories are authentically Arab in their themes yet timelessly universal. They range from magical to naturalistic, humorous to tragic, and are rich with vivid details. Minimum donation $20.00 plus $5.00 shipping per copy.

The Art of Palestinian Embroidery
by Laila El-Khalidi

The Palestinian folk arts have a rich and fascinating history. Silk thread and embroidery, together with an expanding repertoire of symbols, are known to have made their way from China to the Holy Land and were introduced to Europe by Christian saints, holy men and pilgrims. Mainly using cross-stitch, Palestinians have continued to embroider their traditional motifs, giving them their own appellations and developing their own terminology. As clothing was of prime importance, Palestinian women wanted something personal, distinctive and handmade. By adopting the traditional styles and motifs of her area, a woman expressed her wish to identify and be identified with her cultural roots. Samples of late-19th to early-20th century Palestinian costumes are considered to be representative of folk art at its best. Through the vicissitudes of war and occupation, Palestinian folk materials have been dispersed, though samples are to be found in published material, in museums outside Palestine and in small private collections.

Leila El Khalidi's work in identifying and recording the history and motifs in Palestinian embroidery will be of interest both to craftspeople and to students of folk traditions and is an important step in preserving the Palestinian heritage. The book is illustrated with a detailed appendix showing the principal motifs and with photographs of traditional costumes. Minimum donation $35.00 plus $5.00 shipping per copy (Hardcover).

Tunjur! Tunjur! Tunjur!: A Palestinian Folktale
by Margaret Read MacDonald, Ibrahim Muhawi, Sharif Kananah, Alik Arzoumanian (Illustrator)

From School Library Journal - PreSchool-Grade 2 - "A childless woman prays to Allah for progeny and is rewarded with a mischievous little cooking pot with human attributes. Soon the little pot tires of rattling around the house (Tunjur! Tunjur! Tunjur!) and insists on rolling off to market, where she tricks a rich man into filling her up with honey and rolls home again. The second time the pot leaves home she encounters a king who fills her with jewels. When Little Pot rolls home with this treasure, her mother realizes that she has been absconding with other people's property and tells her child that she will have to return everything. In the morning, the unrepentant pot escapes before her mother awakes, but she meets the rich man again, who takes her to the king. The men conspire to fill the pot with goat dung, which convinces her to stay home until she is old enough to have learned right from wrong. MacDonald's telling is filled with repetition to encourage children to join in. Arzoumanian's bright, acrylic illustrations of sloe-eyed humans and the sly-eyed red pot are set against backgrounds with suggestions of Arabic decorative arts, which reinforce the story nicely.-Miriam Lang Budin, Chappaqua Public Library, NY Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Minimum donation $18.00 plus $5.00 shipping per copy (hardcover).

Sitti and the Cats by Sally Bahous

For School Grades 1-4. This tale reflects the Palestinian values of friendship and community. Encountering a fully dressed cat in need of assistance, old Sitti is rewarded for her kindness with bags of onion and garlic peels, which later turn into gold and silver. Upon learning of Sitti's good fortune, a selfish neighbor goes to the cats' kingdom and rudely demands the same gifts. She receives them, but the peels turn into bees and wasps that would have stung her to death if not for Sitti's quick ministrations. Bahous's introductory remarks about her Palestinian childhood lend a warm, personal touch to the book. Superb illustrations by Malick. The double-page spreads allow for story-time sharing. Suggested donation $12.00 plus $5.00 shipping per copy.

Classic Palestinian Cookery
(Christiane Dabdoub Nasser)

Description from SAQI Books: This cookbook features a rich variety of dishes characteristic of the eastern regions of the Mediterranean and their culinary cultures. It is a collection of over 100 recipes - salads, soups, one-dish meals, stews and desserts - which represent traditional Palestinian cooking but also expose possibilities for a wider and more eclectic cuisine. This is also a very contemporary cookery book, aware of the need for more health-oriented and less time-consuming recipes while preserving the heritage handed down through the generations. The culinary experience is enriched by the incorporation of anecdotes, excerpts and illustrations of cultural and celebratory traditions from different regions of Palestine. Minimum donation $20.00 plus $5.00 shipping per copy.