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Book Cover for: Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza, Mosab Abu Toha

Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

Mosab Abu Toha
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Unveiling 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
Book Cover for: Power Born of Dreams: My Story Is Palestine, Mohammad Sabaaneh

Power Born of Dreams: My Story Is Palestine

Mohammad Sabaaneh
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In 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
Book Cover for: James Baldwin: Living in Fire, Bill V. Mullen

James Baldwin: Living in Fire

Bill V. Mullen
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📺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
Book Cover for: One State: The Only Democratic Future for Palestine-Israel, Ghada Karmi

One State: The Only Democratic Future for Palestine-Israel

Ghada Karmi
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Dare 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
Book Cover for: The Shallows: Poetry, Laura May

The Shallows: Poetry

Laura May
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Unveiling 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)
Book Cover for: Stranger in My Own Land: Palestine, Israel and One Family's Story of Home, Fida Jiryis

Stranger in My Own Land: Palestine, Israel and One Family's Story of Home

Fida Jiryis
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"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)
Book Cover for: Sitti's Bird: A Gaza Story, Malak Mattar

Sitti's Bird: A Gaza Story

Malak Mattar
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"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
Book Cover for: Ida in the Middle, Nora Lester Murad

Ida in the Middle

Nora Lester Murad
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"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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Book Cover for: If I Were Another: Poems, Mahmoud Darwish

If I Were Another: Poems

Mahmoud Darwish
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Mahmoud 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
Book Cover for: The Face of War, Martha Gellhorn

The Face of War

Martha Gellhorn
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The 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