Non-Fiction
Fiction
Palestine: A Socialist Introduction – Sumaya Awad & Brian Bean (2020)
Introducing the question of Palestine and socialist principles to new audiences
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine – Illan Papé (2007)
The forcible removal of the indigenous population of Palestine; dispelling the myth.
On Palestine – Noam Chomsky & Ilan Papé
I Saw Ramallah – Mourid Barghouti (2003)
A tour de force of memory and reflection, lamentation and resilience.
Out of Place – Edward Said (2000)
A memoir: a mixture of emotional archeology and memory, exploring an irrevocable past.
The Question of Palestine - Edward Said (1992)
The emergence of the modern Palestinian nation and its confrontation with Zionism and Israel.
What it Means to be Palestinian: Stories of Palestinian Peoplehood – Dina Matar (2010)
A collection of personal stories, remembered feelings and reconstructed experiences by different Palestinians
In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story – Ghada Karmi
Intimate memoir of exile and dispossession, tracing life after Al Nakba and into Britain.
Palestinian Costume – Shelagh Weir (2008)
Unleashing the beauty of Palestinian embroidery, from the villages to the inner cities.
Palestinian Embroidery: A Treasury of Stitches 1850-1950 – Margarita Skinner & Widad Kawar (2010)
Over 200 Palestinian motifs of the period 1850-1950 have been illustrated, documenting all the different motifs by origin and names used on the old dresses.
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance 1917-2017 - Rashid Khalidi (2020)
This is the story of Palestine told from the inside. The true history of the hundred year struggle of the Indigenous Palestinian people.
Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History – Nur Masalha(2018)
From the late Bronze Age through to the present day, this is the definitive history of Palestine and its people.
Mapping My Return: A Palestinian Memoir – Salman Abu Sitta (2016)
A rich and moving memoir, embed with a burning sense of justice and a determination to recover and document what rightfully belongs to his people.
Poetry
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Rifqa – Mohammed El Kurd
A Bird is Not a Stone: An Anthology of Contemporary Palestinian Poetry – Henry Bell & Liz Lochhead
A Blade of Grass: New Palestinian Poetry – Naomi Foyle
Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone? – Mahmoud Darwish
Born Palestinian, Born Black – Suheir Hammad
Things you may have hidden in my ear: Poems from Gaza - Mosab Abu Toha
Return to Haifa (Novella) – Ghassan Kanafani (1969 original in Arabic)
A compelling story of two families - one Palestinian, one Israeli- forced by history into an intimacy they did not choose.
Where the Bird Disappeared – Ghassan Zaqtan (2018)
A powerful novel of both connection and dispossession. Sensual, rich in allusion, yet focused on the struggles of today.
Against the Loveless World – Susan Abulhawa (2020)
“But i know now that going from one place to place is just something exiles have to do. Whatever the reason, the earth is never steady beneath our feet”.
Mornings in Jenin – Susan Abulhawa (2010)
A moving novel of love and loss, war and oppression, and heartbreak and hope, spanning five countries and four generations of one of the most intractable conflicts of our lifetime.
Mother of Strangers – Suad Amiry (2020)
The story of young love in 1947-1951 Jaffa. With a thriving orange export business, Jaffa had always been a city welcoming to outsiders—the “Mother of Strangers”.
Men in the Sun – Ghassan Kanafani (1962 in Arabic, translated to English)
The journey of three Palestinian refugees, from a refugee camp to find work in Kuwait, depicting the hardships and insecurity in a refugee life.
Minor Detail – Adania Shibli
Salt Houses – Hala Alyan
The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist – Emile Habibi
Bitter Almonds - Lilas Taha (2015)
"So it is good to eat bitter almonds because they make the sweet ones taste better"
Landscape, Travel & Pictorials
Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape – Raja Shehadeh (2008)
Six walks in twenty six years, reflecting the changing political atmosphere and the physical transformation of the landscape.
Palestine (Brandt Travel Guide). Sarah Irving (2011)
Unparallelled detail on Palestinian culture, cuisine, wildlife, environment, history and politics.
Extreme Rambling: Walking Israel’s Separation Barrier, For Fun – Mark Thomas (2011)
‘Good fences make good neighbours, but what about bad ones?’
Fifty Miles Wide: Cycling Through Israel and Palestine – Julian Sayarer (2020)
When a bicycle becomes more than just a vehicle of travel, and cuts through the tension to find a few simple truths, and some hope.
A Child in Palestine: The Cartoons of Naji El Ali (2009)
Thought provoking cartoons, through his most celebrated creation, the witness-child Handala.
Palestine – Joe Sacco (2003)
A graphic novel, capturing the heart of day-to-day life in occupied Palestine, reflecting on the author’s time spent there in 1991-1992.
Footnotes in Gaza – Joe Sacco
Pictorial Journey Through the Holy Land: Or, Scenes in Palestine – Anonymous