Palestine Writes Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza
Mosab Abu TohaUnveiling the Poetry of Resilience with @MosabAbuToha At the "Coffee and Books" session during the Palestine Writes Festival, Laura Albast will talk with the remarkable poet Mosab Abo Toha, discussing his poetry "Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear." #PalestineWrites https://t.co/R5ON9Ar60d
Paperback, 2022
$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Power Born of Dreams: My Story Is Palestine
Mohammad SabaanehIn the graphic novel POWER BORN OF DREAMS, Mohammad @Sabaaneh shares a personal account of his dehumanizing experience of incarceration at an Israeli prison. The book was shortlisted for the @palestineawards in 2022. https://t.co/4ErvsfUAJn
Paperback, 2021
$15.99Member price:$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
James Baldwin: Living in Fire
Bill V. Mullen📺Segments from our 2020 festival: The Parallel Lives of Ghassan Kanafani and James Baldwin featuring Bill Mullen, Robin D. G. Kelley, Rami Abushehab and Huzama Habayeb. WATCH: https://t.co/5iG7ZiJX6X https://t.co/KqbKvU7Zts
Hardcover, 2019
$35.00Member price:$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
One State: The Only Democratic Future for Palestine-Israel
Ghada KarmiDare to Dream: Ghada Karmi Paints a Vision of Equality! 📢 Join us for a groundbreaking session with the incredible @ghadakarmi, presenting her influential book "One State" alongside the remarkable @4noura📚 #PalestineWrites #PalestineWritesLitratureFestival23 https://t.co/zmcMVoctDC
Paperback, 2023
$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Shallows: Poetry
Laura MayUnveiling the Poetry of Resilience with @MosabAbuToha At the "Coffee and Books" session during the Palestine Writes Festival, Laura Albast will talk with the remarkable poet Mosab Abo Toha, discussing his poetry "Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear." #PalestineWrites https://t.co/R5ON9Ar60d
Paperback, 2011
$18.00Member price:$18.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Stranger in My Own Land: Palestine, Israel and One Family's Story of Home
Fida Jiryis"Stranger in My Own Land" is a memoir by Palestinian writer @FJiryis that tells the story of her family's return to Palestine after living in exile in Cyprus and Lebanon. Published by @HurstPublishers: https://t.co/KIb9Hmufja https://t.co/JKmZ5zZlLy
Paperback, 2024
$21.99Member price:$21.99 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Sitti's Bird: A Gaza Story
Malak Mattar"Sitti's Bird: A Gaza Story" by @MalakMattarart (publisher: @CrocodileBooks) is featured in @nytimesbooks. In the picture book, she explores how painting helped her overcome the fear and isolation she experienced during Israel’s invasion of Gaza in 2014. https://t.co/5b02RRgh28
Hardcover, 2022
$18.95Member price:$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ida in the Middle
Nora Lester Murad"A new YA novel, Ida in the Middle (@InterlinkBooks), by Nora Lester Murad, explores the deeply unsettling feeling that [Arabs] experience, as they are told in both subtle and overt ways that they do not belong in the United States," writes @nadaelia48 https://t.co/dWKBki813e
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If I Were Another: Poems
Mahmoud DarwishMahmoud Darwish has used the #environment in his poems to showcase the relationship between people, land, and nature in all its forms in #Palestine. On #EarthDay we share verses from his poem "Earth Presses Against Us." https://t.co/Cxnl9FzoCk
Paperback, 2011
$23.00Member price:$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Face of War
Martha GellhornThe Face of War @groveatlantic | Martha Gellhorn writes in a way that makes readers feel as though they are in the throes of war alongside her. She takes readers from the Spanish Civil Ear in 1937 through the wars in Central America during the mid-1980s. https://t.co/5UfZpT0NRI
Paperback, 2018
$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book