A Palestinian landscape
By: Nassib D. Bulos.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Arab Institute for Research & Pub.
Published: 1998
Place of publication: [Beirut]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: Bulos, Nassib D., 1920-; Arab-Israeli conflict.; Palestinian Arabs -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
First sentence: My daughters finally prevailed upon me to write my memoirs, in the mistaken belief that a record of my life is of interest to the world. More to amuse myself than the world, I take up my pen. In any event the exercise might help me to clear my own thinking, and possibly to provide me with a sense of purpose and of identity, which have been sadly lacking in my life. My ambitions have always been custom made, and my passions have been of short duration. The lack of a driving force in my life has been compensated by sufficient intelligence to enable me to succeed without too much effort. I am a lawyer, and in the eyes of the world, my career has been successful.
My one enduring passion, or rather mental preoccupation, has been the Palestine question, and the sense of injustice, as much as of impotence, that has rankled in both heart and mind for some fifty odd years, for I am Palestinian by birth and heritage.
Description: Born in Acre, Palestine, the author witnessed or took part in events which occurred during the last years of the British Mandate and the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. What he has to say is not history within the real sense of the term, but a record of his life and impressions during that period, leading to an analysis of the current situation, the Oslo Accords, and the Peace Process. The writer raises fundamental questions which remain to be answered before lasting peace can be reached.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword
pagenum: 9; title: Acre
pagenum: 10; title: Kafr Yasif
pagenum: 16; title: Grand Parents
pagenum: 18; title: My Brothers
pagenum: 28; title: Jerusalem
pagenum: 34; title: Walid Khalidi
pagenum: 48; title: Archaeological Licence
pagenum: 51; title: Katy
pagenum: 55; title: Karm El-Mufti
pagenum: 58; title: Haj Amin Al-Husseini
pagenum: 63; title: Middle East Centre for Arabic Studies (MECAS)
pagenum: 74; title: My Jerusalem House
pagenum: 90; title: Evacuation
pagenum: 100; title: Jewish Quarter
pagenum: 111; title: Lydda and Ramleh
pagenum: 127; title: Count Bernadotte
pagenum: 132; title: Dr. Ralph Bunche
pagenum: 134; title: The American School of Oriental Research
pagenum: 137; title: The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
pagenum: 142; title: The Conciliation Commission for Palestine
pagenum: 144; title: Lausanne Conference
pagenum: 148; title: Return to Jerusalem
pagenum: 158; title: Epilogue
pagenum: 166