WORDS OF STRUGGLE AND MEMORY: FROM PALESTINE TO THE TORONTO WOMEN’S BOOKSTORE

TWB’s current titles in our selection on Palestine/Israel

*please note: this list does not include titles by Noam Chomsky, Mahmoud Darwish, Norman Finkelstein and Edward Said. We carry all of their books, so we didn’t want to use too much space listing them! Also, we have an extensive Arab Feminist selection, many of which deal with Palestine and Palestinian diaspora. I did not include that list due to the size and scope of their topics that are unrelated to Palestine.

VISUAL CULTURE

Palestinian Art
Ankori, Gannit
$43.75
- stunning comprehensive look at Palestinian visual art from embroidery to contemporary installation – lots of full colour graphics

Palestine
Sacco, Joe
$34.95
- graphic novel about the Intifadah, OT’s and Palestinian identity

Palestine Trilogy
b.h. Yael
$35.00
- 3 videos on DVD format dealing with activism, history and the poetics of anti-Zionism

FICTION

Gate of the Sun
Khoury, Elias
$33.75
- One family’s experience of Nakhba and their flight to Lebanon. French ilm version produced for television, shown at last year’s Arab Film Festival.

Kingdom of Strangers
Khoury, Elias
$26.50
- historical novel of 3 people in Palestine and the diaspora.

YOUTH ORIENTED

A Little Piece of Ground
Laird, Elizabeth
$9.99
- Palestinian boy, living in the OT’s and his adventures. Experience with friendship, IDF, family and struggle under Occupation.
Children of Israel/Children of Palestine
Holliday, Laurel
$28.95
- personal accounts by Israeli and Palestinian youth about their experiences

Dreaming of Palestine
Ghazy, Randa
$30.00
- beautiful mix of poetry and prose by 15 year old author

Three Wishes
Ellis, Deb
$12.95
- personal accounts by Israeli and Palestinian youth about their lives and hopes for peace. Subject of controversy and banned by the Toronto District School Board

PALESTINIAN & ISRAELI FEMINISMS/WOMAN’S STUDIES

The Chosen Body: The Politics of the Body in Israeli Society
Weiss, Meira
$25.95
- Jewishness and body politics in Israel from a Feminist perspective.

The Flying Camel
Ed. Khazzoum, Loolwa
$25.50
- essays on identity by Mizrachi, Sephardic and Arab Jewish women

Israel, Diaspora and the Routes of National Belonging
Habib, Jasmin
$24.50
- Arab Jewish woman writes on ethnicity in and outside of Israel

Israeli Women’s Studies: A Reader
Fuchs, Esther
$38.95
- Soft Zionist look at women’s studies in Israel: sexuality, militarism, politics, protest, family and faith.

Israel/Palestine
Reinhardt, Tanya
$17.95
- a look at the conflict and how to reconcile from Israeli feminist perspective

The Nation & Its New Women: Palestinian Women’s Movement 1920 – 1948
Fleishmann, Ellen
$38.95
- Jewish woman’s master’s thesis that got published…hmm….

Spirits of Palestine
Rothenberg, Celia
$31.50
- a look at gender and the Jinn figure in the context of Palestinian village life

Women in Zones of Conflict
Jacoby, Tami Amanda
$24.95
- Soft Zionist look at women and conflict across the spectrum of Feminism in Israel. Focus on everything from Peace Movement to women pushing for more inclusion in the IDF

RIGHT OF RETURN

Catastrophe Remembered: Palestine, Israel & the Internal Refugees
Masalha, Nur
$39.95
- Essays, dedicated to Edward Said

Overthrowing Geography
Jaffa, Mark
$38.95
- Histories of pre-Nakhba Jaffa and Tel Aviv, and current Right of Return struggles

ANTI-APARTHEID, ANTI-ZIONISM

Against the Wall
Ed. Sorkin, Michael
$24.95
- essays against the Apartheid Wall

Apartheid Israel
Davis, Uri
$34.95
- deconstruction of Israel as an apartheid state

Case Against Israel
Neumann, Michael
$19.50
- the title says it all

Checkpoint Watch
Keshet, Yehudit Kerstien
$39.95
- Testimonies from the OT’s – specifically around checkpoints and IDF treatment of Palestinians.

Growing Up Palestinian
Bucaille, Laetitia
$27.95
- youth culture in the OT’s and the `Intifadah Generation’

Live from Palestine
Ed. Stohlman/Aladin
- accounts of activism and direct action against the IDF and Israeli State

One State Solution
Tilley, Virginia
$32.50
- comprehensive look at the one state solution in current political climate

Peace Under Fire
Ed. Sandercock/Sainath
$33.00
- activism and a history of the ISM

The Other Israel
Carey/Shainin
$36.95
- Anthology of voices of current refusal and dissent from inside Israel

Politics of Anti-Semitism
Ed. Cockburn, Alexander
$16.25
- Look at how `the new anti-semitism’ is being framed, used and pushed forward as a Zionist agenda outside of Israel

Prophets Outcast
Ed. Shatz, Adam
$26.50
- Anthology of Jewish dissident writing about Israel and Zionism from early Zionism to the present

Radical Voice from Palestine
PFLP
$6.00
- PFLP anthology thingy

Threat from Within
Rabkin, Yakov
$24.95
- historical overview of Jewish opposition to Zionism – focuses on messianic (Chassidic) oppositions which are not political, but spiritual-based. Not a single woman quoted as far as I could tell

Words of Struggle (CD)
Revolution Records
$20.00
- a text-based and musical look at Apartheid in South Africa and Palestine

PERSONAL ACCOUNTS

In Search of Fatima
Karmi, Ghada
$24.00
- Karmi’s story of exile in ’48, immigration to Britain as a child and politicization in her teens and 20s.

Next Year in Jerusalem
Golan-Agnon, Dephna
$32.50
- Anti-Zionist feminist account of life as a Jewish Israeli.

Other Side of Israel
Nathan, Susan
$35.00
- Jewish/Israeli citizen moves illegally to a town in the OT’s and lives there as political protest. Lots of information on Arab citizens of Israel.

Rose Stones of Jerusalem: Book of Stories
Farah, Najwa
$25.00
- Growing up in Palestine, immigrating to Canada.

Sharon & My Mother-in-Law
Amiry, Suad
$31.95
- account of hanging out with her mother-in-law during curfews and siege on Ramallah – fantastic, satirical, hilarious

Teta, Mother and Me
Makdisi, Jean Said
- 3 generations of Arab women – originating in Palestine, moving through Lebanon and Egypt – written by Edward Said’s sister

HISTORY

Arabs & Israel for Beginners
David, Ron
$19.50
- basic history in graphic form. One of many in the `…for beginners’ series

Armed Struggle & the Search for State
Sayigh, Yezid
$75.50 (yup, that’s paperback!)
- Palestine National Movement from 1949 - 1993

Bitter Harvest
Hadawi, Sami
$22.50
- comprehensive account of historical Palestine up to the Nakba

Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
Pappe, Ilan
$24.95
- coming out in October – order today!

Facts on the Ground
Ed. Honig-Parnass/Haddad
$26.99
- a look at Zionism & democratic models for national solutions

History of Modern Palestine
Pappe, Ilan
$29.95
- the contents of Pappe’s banned course on the Nakba in book form

In the House of the Law
Tucker, Judith
$28.45
- gender and Islamic law in Syrian Ottoman and Palestine

One Palestine, Complete
Segev, Tom
$25.95
- historical account of British Mandate Palestine and relations between Arab and Jewish
communities

Out of the Ashes
Ellis, Marc
$36.95
- historical Jewish identity as connected to Palestine and Israel

Pan-Arabism Before Nasser
Doran, Michael
$34.95
- Egypt’s politics and relationship with the issue of Palestine

Rediscovering Palestine
Doumani, Beshara
$35.75
- merchants and peasant culture in Jabal, Nablus – historical Palestine

War for Palestine
Ed. Rogin/Shlaim
$34.95
- a look at the historical narratives of 1948 – Nakba and `War of Independence’

MEDIA & POPULAR CULTURE

Image & Reality
Finklestein, Norman
$24.99
- a look at Intifadah representation in the Media

Invisible Enemy
Abboud, Edward
$27.95
- a look at Israeli and American media in relation to Palestine and the Intifadah

Palestine, Israel & the Politics of Popular Culture
Ed. Stein, Rebecca
$33.50
- the title says it all

Reading Palestine
Ayalon, Ami
$29.95
- reading and literacy in Palestine

Suppression of Guilt
Dor, Daniel
$32.95
- Israeli media with particular focus on the West Bank

Taste of Palestine
Shihab, Aziz
$18.75
- recipes and memories from Palestine

THEORY/CULTURAL STUDIES/CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Arabism, Islamism and the Palestine Question
Nafi, Basheer
$91.00!
- the title says it all

Case for Palestine
Quigley, John
$31.00
- international law perspective on Palestine

Gaza Strip
Roy, Sara
$26.95
- a look at economies and development issues in Gaza

Palestine, Palestinians and International Law
Boyle, Francis
$20.95
- a look at international legal issues around Zionism and political prisoners

The Jew, The Arab
Andjar, Gil
$28.50
- a look at the false construction of `enemy’ identities and the many real and lived rich crossovers

Our Place in Al-Andalus
Andjar, Gil
$34.95
- comprehensive account of Arab-Jewish mystical tradition and philosophy

Question of Zion
Rose, Jaqueline
$26.95
- feminist psycho-analytic look at Zionism and its relationship to post-Holocaust Jewish
experience