Books

A blackly funny account of everyday life in Ramallah and refreshingly different from most writing on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, “Sharon and My Mother-in-Law” describes Suad Amiry’s life on the West Bank from the early 1980s to the first decade of the new millennium.
On Palestine” presents a thought-provoking dialogue between Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It examines historical contexts, ongoing tensions, and explores possible solutions for achieving peace and justice in the region.
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine” – Rashid Khalidi breaks down what he calls ‘the six major declarations of war that have defined the plight of the Palestinian people’. Spanning 1917 to 2017, Khalidi’s work is a comprehensive overview of the complex conflict. The book contains six chapters, each outlining one of the six declarations of war. Each chapter explores the role colonialism and Zionism have played in creating the conflict as it stands today.
In Gaza: A Doctor’s Diary, Salman Khalid offers a poignant and deeply personal journal of his month-long volunteer mission in Gaza. Over the course of September 2024, he captures the stark realities of life in a war zone, revealing the harrowing conditions faced by patients and medical professionals alike. With unflinching honesty, he reflects on the trauma, tragedy, resilience, and humanity that persist amid destruction and violence. 
Voices of the Nakba collects the stories of first-generation Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, documenting a watershed moment in the history of the modern Middle East through the voices of the people who lived through it. The interviews, with commentary from leading scholars of Palestine, offer a vivid journey into the history, politics and culture of Palestine, defining Palestinian popular memory on its own terms in all its plurality and complexity.