Books on Palestine

Educational texts to further understand and engage with the history of Palestine, the conflict over the years, and take a deeper look into the context of what is unfolding currently in occupied Palestine.  

Adult BooksAuthor / Owner
Blood BrothersFather (Abuna) Elias Chacour
Bethlehem BesiegedMitri Raheb
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, A Jew, and the Heart of the Middle EastSandy Tolan
I Shall Not Hate: A Doctor’s Journey on the Road to Peace and Human DignityAbuelaish, Izzeldin.
The Battle for Justice in Palestine.Abunimah, Ali.
A Wall in Jerusalem; Hope, Healing and the Struggle for Justice in Israel and PalestineBraverman, Mark.
Palestine: Peace Not ApartheidCarter, Jimmy.
We Belong to the LandChacour, Elias
The Way to the Spring; Life and Death in PalestineEhrenreich, Ben.
The Ethnic Cleansing of PalestinePappe, Ilan.
The General’s Son; Journey of an Israeli in PalestinePeled, Miko.
Faith in the Face of Empire; the Bible through Palestinian EyesRaheb, Mitri.
Wrestling in the Daylight; a Rabbi’s Path to Palestinian SolidarityRosen, Brant.
Children of the Stone: the Power of Music.Tolan, Sandy.
Mornings in JeninAbulhawa, Susan.
Mornings in JeninAbulhawa, Susan.
The Blue Between Sky and WaterAbulhawa, Susan.
My Voice Sought the WindAbulhawa, Susan.
Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems.Darwish, Mahmoud.
So What: New & Selected Poems, 1971– 2005,Muhammad Ali, Taha.
The Other Side of IsraelNathan, Susan
  
Children’s BooksAuthor / Owner
Homeland: My Father Dreams of PalestineHannah Moushabeck
These Olive TreesAya Ghanameh
Baba What Does My Name Mean? A Journey to PalestineRifk Ebeid, illustrated by Lamaa Jawhari
Sitti’s SecretsNaomi Shihab, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter
You Are The ColorRifk Ebeid, illustrated by Noor Alshalabi
Easter in RamallahBy Wafa Shami, illustrated by Shaima Farouki