Books On Palestine: A Reading List To Understand Palestinian History, Politics And Culture

Poetry

1. 바카라˜Daily Nightmares바카라™ by Fadwa Tuqan, translated by Yusra A. Salah 
   Movingly depicts the struggles of the Palestinian people  
    
2. 바카라˜Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear바카라™ by Mosab Abu Toha
   Poems that spring from the author바카라™s experiences in Gaza as a child and as a young father
    
3. 바카라˜Strangers in Light Coats바카라™ by Ghassan Zaqtan
   Poems about Palestine, life in wartime, and losing the war to live for love
    
4. 바카라˜Memory for Forgetfulness바카라™ by Mahmoud Darwish 
   Bears witness to the Israeli siege of Beirut in 1982 and explores the role of memory 
    
5. 바카라˜In the Presence of Absence바카라™ by Mahmoud Darwish
   An elegy for the self, a lyrical meditation on history, Palestine, family and friendship

Fiction

1. 바카라˜Wild Thorns바카라™ by Sahar Khalifeh, translated by Trevor LeGassick and Elizabeth Fernea 
   One of the first novels to shine a light on daily life in Palestine under occupation
    
2. 바카라˜Minor Detail바카라™ by Adania Shibli 
   A haunting meditation on war and memory that cuts to the heart of the Palestinian experience of life under occupation
    
3. 바카라˜Men in the Sun바카라™ by Ghassan Kanafani
   A short story collection seeped in the anguish of displaced Palestinians
    
4. 바카라˜Salt Houses바카라™ by Haya Alan 
   This novel traces a Palestinian family바카라™s story over three generations and the ways in which the Nakba and colonialism impacted individual lives바카라¨
    
5. 바카라˜Against the Loveless World바카라™ by Susan Abulhawa
   A lyrical novel that tells the story of a Palestinian refugee who becomes radicalised 

Literary Non-fiction

1. 바카라˜The Drone Eats with Me: A Gaza Diary바카라™ by Atef Abu Saif 
   A moving account of a Gazan바카라™s struggle to survive during the 2014 Israeli assault on his homeland
    
2. 바카라˜We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir바카라™ by Raja Shehadeh
   Set against his complicated relationship with his father, Shehadeh바카라™s memoir traces the injustices Palestinians have suffered throughout history

2. 바카라˜Palestinian Walks바카라™ by Raja Shehadeh 
   A love letter to Ramallah where nature is under assault and flora and fauna are displaced by checkpoints and gunfire
    
3. 바카라˜A Party for Thaera: Palestinian Women Write Life in Prison바카라™, ed. Haifa Zangana, translated by Salam Darwazah Mir 
   Nine women, all former Palestinian prisoners, share their stories in their own voices in this book

Non-fiction

1. 바카라˜The Question of Palestine바카라™ by Edward Said
   Original, deeply provocative, a compelling call for Palestinian identity and for justice
    
2. 바카라˜The Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians바카라™ by Noam Chomsky
   Challenges the American narrative of the Israel-Palestine conflict and dissects US foreign policy
    
3. 바카라˜Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer바카라™Â by Phyllis Bennis
   A comprehensive introduction to the history, politics and the human cost of the Israel-Palestine conflict
    

2. 바카라˜Hamas 바카라“ From Resistance to Regime바카라™ by Paola Caridi, translated by Andrea Teti
   An incisive account of Hamas바카라™ origins, growth and rise in Palestine 
    
3. 바카라˜Voices of the Nakba: A Living History of Palestine바카라™ edited by Diana Allan 
   Stories of first-generation Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, documenting a watershed moment in the history of the Middle East through the voices of the people who experienced it
    
4. 바카라˜Palestine Speaks: Narratives of Life Under Occupation바카라™ ed. Mateo Hoke and Cate Malek 
   In 바카라˜Palestine Speaks바카라™, men and women from the West Bank and Gaza describe in their own voices how their lives have been shaped by the conflict

Plays

1. 바카라˜Fireworks바카라™ by Dalia Taha
   Captures the full extent of the claustrophobia of life under occupation in Palestine
    
2. 바카라˜Stories Under Occupation and Other Plays from Palestine바카라™ edt. Samer Al-Saber and Gary M. English
   A collection of plays presented by contemporary Palestinian theatre groups that shine the spotlight on life in wartime and the horrors of living under occupation