عنوان

Our sacred land: voices of the Palestine-Israeli conflict

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

eng

Title Proper

Our sacred land: voices of the Palestine-Israeli conflict

A powerful, shocking and profoundly moving collection of testimonies from Palestinians, Israelis, Christians and volunteer workers, each telling their own stories about life in the disputed territories. The accounts come not only from adults, but also from Arab and Jewish children. The picture painted is of two peoples who live alike in terror, blaming each other for the continuation of the conflict, but the book is also a heartfelt cry for peace, a peace that acknowledges injustice and offers dignity to all.

For anyone who relished the complex portraits of the first intifada in Joe Sacco's Palestine )a work of Maus-like graphic journalism(, here are voices that stretch far beyond the confines of word balloons. Mourad spent 15 years as a Middle East correspondent for France's La Nouvelle Observateur. She presents interviews with a Palestinian man whose home has been repeatedly destroyed; a Jewish settler originally from Morocco; a Christian clergyman from Bethlehem; a Jewish conscientious objector; the family of Wafa, the first female suicide bomber; the sister of a Jewish Israeli killed by a suicide bomber; journalists, children and activists from both sides; and many others. Mourad makes no secret of her opposition to many reported Israeli practices, some of which like endless bureaucratic delays for Palestinians within and outside of Israel and extended detentions under technicalities are presented here as covertly sanctioned by branches of the Israeli government. She manages to get excellent material even from interviewees for whom she has little sympathy )even as she dismisses some of what they say(, and to allow for the "whys" of the more extreme views on all sides. For anyone numbed by the tactics and body counts coming out of the area, this collection of first-person experiences lends humanizing depth. )Mar.(

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Oxford, England

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Oneworld

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2004

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

viii, 247 p.; 22 cm

Text of Note

English translation of: Le parfum de notre terre : voix de Palestine et d Israel.

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ISBN: 1851683577

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Kenize Mourad; ]translated by Catherine Spencer[

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General Material Designation

Parfum de notre terre. English

Entry Element

، Arab-Israeli conflict -- 3991- -- Public opinion

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، Public opinion -- West Bank

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، Public opinion -- Gaza Strip

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، Public opinion -- Israel.

Class number

Entry Element

Mourad, Kenize

Relator Code

AU

AU Spencer, Catherine

TI Parfum de notre terre