num_pages: 250
description: As the Middle East peace process disintegrates &amp; the second Palestinian Intifada begins, Wendy Pearlman, a young Jewish woman from the American Midwest travels to the West Bank &amp; Gaza Strip in a quest to talk to ordinary Palestinians. A remarkable narrative emerges from her conversations with doctors, artists, school kids &amp; families who have lost loved ones or watched their homes destroyed. Their stories, ranging from the humorous to the tragic, paint a profile of the Palestinians that's as honest as it's uncommon in the Western media: that of ordinary people who simply want to live ordinary lives. As Pearlman writes, "the personal stories &amp; heartfelt reflections that I encountered did not expose a hatred of Jews or a yearning to push Israelis into the sea. Rather, they painted a portrait of a people who longed for precisely that which had inspired the first Israelis: the chance to be citizens in a country of their own."
language: English
title: Occupied Voices: Stories of Everyday Life from the Second Intifada
titlecomplete: Occupied Voices: Stories of Everyday Life from the Second Intifada (Nation Books)
genres: Nonfiction, History, Politics, Memoir
ratings_count: 71
publisher: Nation Books (NY)