Palestine Explained for Everyone
A Concise History
$25.49
- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
2 February 2027
Summary
An eminent historian and diplomat answers fundamental questions about Palestine in this powerful, accessible account of its struggle for rights and recognition from the late 19th century to today.
The history of Palestine-the cradle of the three monotheistic faiths-dates back to that of the “people of the Holy Land,” which is why everyone senses, however vaguely, that the fate of the world is being played out there. In 1948 the creation of the State of Israel thrust the region into th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781635426281 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1635426286 |
| Author: | Elias Sanbar, Willard Wood |
| Publisher: | Other Press LLC |
| Imprint: | Other Press LLC |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 2 February 2027 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 127mm x 190mm |
Critics Review
“An insightful primer tracing the roots of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza…this sheds much-needed light on the causes of the current crisis.” —Publishers Weekly
“Sanbar…invites readers into an essential conversation about his homeland, rationally elucidating one of history’s most complicated ongoing conflicts.” —Booklist (starred review)
“One of Palestine’s leading voices…[Sanbar] is among those tirelessly advocating to put the Palestinian question back into a long-term context.” —France 24
“Sanbar is a major figure in the Palestinian national movement…While readily acknowledging the wrongs of his own camp, he highlights the cracks that may one day bring down the edifice of mutual denial against which peace talks repeatedly run aground.” —Études
Elias Sanbar
Elias Sanbar was born in Haifa in 1947 and forced into exile in Beirut with his family in 1948. He is one of the leading intellectual figures of the Palestinian national movement and served as Palestine’s ambassador to UNESCO. In addition to being a historian and essayist, Sanbar is recognized for translating the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish into French.
Willard Wood grew up in France and has translated more than thirty works of fiction and nonfiction from the French. He has won the Lewis Galantière Award for Literary Translation and received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Translation. He lives in Norfolk, Connecticut.
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