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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393338444
ISBN-139780393338447
eBay Product ID (ePID)152079319
Product Key Features
Book TitlePalestine inside Out : an Everyday Occupation
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2010
TopicMilitary / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, World / Middle Eastern, Middle East / Israel & Palestine, Propaganda, Middle East / General
IllustratorYes
FeaturesRevised
GenrePolitical Science, Social Science, History
AuthorSaree Makdisi
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight17.6 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsAn extraordinarily detailed portrait. . . . Weaves together a tapestry of harrowing narratives in a lucid and measured tone., This book needs to be required reading for all who seek a peaceful future for these two long-tormented peoples.
Dewey Decimal956.95/3044
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisTending one's fields, visiting a relative, going to the hospital: for ordinary Palestinians, such activities require negotiating permits and passes, curfews and closures, sterile roads and seam zones bureaucratic hurdles ultimately as deadly as outright military incursion. In Palestine Inside Out, Saree Makdisi draws on eye-opening statistics, academic histories, UN reports, and contemporary journalism to reveal how the peace process institutionalized Palestinians loss of control over their inner and outer lives and argues powerfully and convincingly for a one-state solution., "A compelling account . . . and a reminder that a true peace can be built only on justice."--Desmond M. Tutu, "A compelling account . . . and a reminder that a true peace can be built only on justice."--Desmond M. Tutu Tending one's fields, visiting a relative, going to the hospital: for ordinary Palestinians, such activities require negotiating permits and passes, curfews and closures, "sterile roads" and "seam zones"--bureaucratic hurdles ultimately as deadly as outright military incursion. In Palestine Inside Out , Saree Makdisi draws on eye-opening statistics, academic histories, UN reports, and contemporary journalism to reveal how the "peace process" institutionalized Palestinians' loss of control over their inner and outer lives--and argues powerfully and convincingly for a one-state solution.