Palesine

This gripping, comi-tragic fictional-factual saga takes place in the environs of Jerusalem, from late Ottoman times to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. With the colorful strokes of his pen, Ibrahim Nasrallah paints a vivid picture of Palestinian villagers' preoccupations and aspirations-their ties to their land, to their animals, and to one another. Through the experiences of Hajj Mahmud, chief elder of al-Hadiya, his son Khalid and his beloved steed al-Hamama, and other memorable characters ranging from the heroic to the villainous, we relive the realities of the Palestinian village in the early twentieth century, Zionist colonization and its impact on Arab rural life, the trauma that accompanied the British mandate and its aftermath, the Palestinians' struggle to maintain the autonomy and dignity they had known for centuries on end, and the beginnings of life under the Zionist state.

In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis illuminates the connections between struggles against state violence and oppression throughout history and around the world. Reflecting on the importance of black feminism, intersectionality, and prison abolitionism for today's struggles, Davis discusses the legacies of previous liberation struggles, from the Black Freedom Movement to the South African anti-Apartheid movement. She highlights connections and analyzes today's struggles against state terror, from Ferguson to Palestine. Facing a world of outrageous injustice, Davis challenges us to imagine and build the movement for human liberation. And in doing so, she reminds us that "Freedom is a constant struggle."

Following his critically acclaimed investigation of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in the 1940s, renowned Israeli historian Ilan Pappe turns his attention to the annexation and occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, bringing us the first comprehensive critique of the Occupied Territories. Based on groundbreaking archival research, NGO records, and eyewitness accounts, Pappe's investigation of the "bureaucracy of evil" explores the brutalizing effects of occupation, from the systematic abuse of human and civic rights, the IDF roadblocks, mass arrests, and house searches to the forced population transfer, the settlers, and the infamous wall that is rapidly turning the West Bank into an open prison. Providing a sharp contrast with life in Israel, this is a brilliantly incisive and moving portrait of daily life in the Occupied Territories.

أن سيفان سيفك صوتان صوتك أنك إن متَ للبيت رب وللطفل أب هل يصير دمى -بين عينيك- ماء؟ أتنسى ردائى الملطخ.. تلبس -فوق دمائى- ثياباً مطرزة بالقصب؟ إنها الحرب قد تثقل القلب.. لكن خلفك عار العرب لا تصالح.. ولا تتوخَ الهرب! لا تصالح على الدم.. حتى بدم! لا تصالح! ولو قيل رأس برأس أكل الرؤوس سواء؟ أقلب الغريب كقلب أخيك؟! أعيناه عينا أخيك؟ وهل تساوى يد... سيفها كان لك بيد سيفها أثكلك؟ جئناك كى تحقن الدم.. جئناك. كن يا أمير- الحكم سيقولون ها نحن أبناء عم قل لهم إنهم لم يراعوا العمومة فيمن هلك وأغرس السيف فى جبهة الصحراء.. إلى أن يجيب العدم. إننى كنت لك. فارساً وأخاً أباَ وملك!

This collection of important stories by novelist, journalist, teacher, and Palestinian activist Ghassan Kanafani includes the stunning novella Men in the Sun (1962), the basis of the The Deceived. Also in the volume are "The Land of Sad Oranges" (1958), "'If You Were a Horse...'" (1961), "A Hand in the Grave" (1962), "The Falcon" (1961), "Letter from Gaza" (1956), and an excerpt from Umm Saad (1969). In the unsparing clarity of his writing, Kanafani offers the reader a gritty look at the agonized world of Palestine and the adjoining Middle East. Born in Acre (northern Palestine) in 1936, Ghassan Kanafani was a major spokesman for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and founding editor of its weekly magazin Al-Hadaf. His novels, short stories, and plays have been published in sixteen languages. He was killed in a car-bomb explosion in Beirut in 1972.

This classic small book provides the outline of the strategy and overall vision of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, including laying out the enemies of the Palestinian revolution, the friends of the revolution, and orienting the movement on Palestinian, Arab and international levels. http://pflp-documents.org/documents/P...