Marking Nakba Day

 

MARKING NAKBA* DAY *Nakba is the Arabic word for catastrophe or disaster when more than 700,000 Palestinians were forced into exile as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. They and their descendants now number 5.7 million, most still confined in refugee camps and denied basic human rights. Human Rights Watch has recently called on Israel to allow for their repatriation. WITH 20,000 PALESTINIAN HOMES UNDER THREAT IN JERUSALEM BEFORE NAKBA DAYTHIS SATURDAY,  OR BOOKS IS THIS WEEK HIGHLIGHTING AN EXCEPTIONAL LIST OF BOOKS ON THE ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT AND THE WIDER CRISIS OF THE MIDDLE EAST. TODAY WE OFFER TWO TITLES BY THE EXQUISITE PALESTINIAN WRITER, RAJA SHEHADEH AND AN EYE-OPENING STUDY OF THE DRAFTING OF THE DECLARATION THAT CREATED THE STATE OF ISRAEL. RAJA SHEDHADEH “Few Palestinians have opened their minds and their hearts with such frankness.” —The New York Times

OCCUPATION DIARIES RAJA SHEHADEH “At once gentle and angry, resolute and realistic.”  —The Nation   A RIFT IN TIME Travels with my Ottoman Uncle RAJA SHEHADEH “Mr. Shehadeh’s reverence for Palestine’s land and history renders it holy anew.” —The Economist   THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE BALFOUR DECLARATION SAHAR HUNEIDI “This book is a magnificent achievement. It tells the untold story as fully, as accurately, and as authoritatively as it is ever likely to be told. The narrative is gripping. It reads like a detective novel of the whodunit variety” — Avi Shlaim   GET 30% OFF ALL THREE BOOKS, 20% OFF ANY TWO AND 10% OFF ANY SINGLE PAPERBACK BUY NOW FREE E-BOOK OF NORMAN FINKELSTEIN’S METHOD AND MADNESS: THE HIDDEN STORY OF ISRAEL’S ASSAULT ON GAZA WITH EVERY PAPERBACK PURCHASE