The Wound of Dispossession
Subtitle: Telling the Palestinian Story
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Sunlit Hills Press
Published: July 24, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780971254800
Subjects: Middle East - General; Political History; History - General History; Arab-Israeli conflict; Interviews; Palestinian Americans; Palestinian Arabs; Personal narratives, American; Business/Economics
Description: The wound of dispossession is the Palestinian story as told by Palestinians. Based on extensive interviews with more than 120 Palestinians throughout the United States, the book describes the Palestinians' experience of dispossession and exile, in their own words. Palestinians talk about what Zionism means to them, what living under Israeli occupation or as citizens in the state of Israel means to them, and what the peace process and reconciliation with Israel mean to them. They discuss living in America and reconciling their Palestinian and their American identities and loyalties. They make it clear that their story--and their struggle for a national homeland--constitute "a story with no end."