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Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians
Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians

Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians

1994

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Alice Lynd, et al.
Alice Lynd, Sam Bahour, et al.

Stories

May 19

Syrian Dust

The Italian journalist Francesca Borri texted me last week. Her message read, “I am just back from the Maldives…the non-Arab country with the highest number per capita of ISIS fighters, I have been a month with them.” She had interviewed me a few years back and I remember her as…

Syria

3 min read

Syrian Dust
Syrian Dust
Syria

3 min read


May 12

Don’t cry for me. Cry for yourselves.

The voice of a Palestinian child in Gaza, taken from this world by Israel — “the only democracy in the Middle East”.

Palestine

7 min read

Don’t cry for me. Cry for yourselves.
Don’t cry for me. Cry for yourselves.
Palestine

7 min read


Dec 4, 2022

Jews of the world, unite!

This is the moment when the Jewish tradition of social justice can shine brightly. A truly opportune moment is staring Jewish communities around the world straight in the eye. Israel’s recent election results are challenging anyone who has blindly supported Israel. That blind support is about to be challenged like…

Palestine

4 min read

Jews of the world, unite!
Jews of the world, unite!
Palestine

4 min read


Dec 3, 2022

Non-violently resisting Israeli military occupation, with a scalpel [Book Review]

“This is a Palestinian story.” ~Book’s opening sentence Today’s riddle: What’s the name of the Palestinian who is a heart surgeon, who studied in Germany, specialized in the U.S., …

Palestine

7 min read

Non-violently resisting Israeli military occupation, with a scalpel [Book Review]
Non-violently resisting Israeli military occupation, with a scalpel [Book Review]
Palestine

7 min read


Nov 20, 2022

Staughton Lynd Died. Staughton Lynd Lives On.

A life dedicated to justice will never be lost to death. — The First Gulf War (1990–1991) had started and death and destruction were raining down on Iraq. I was giving an anti-war talk at a church on the campus of Youngstown State University. As I spoke, I noticed an older couple enter and sit in the audience. When I finished, this…

Palestine

10 min read

Staughton Lynd Died. Staughton Lynd Lives On.
Staughton Lynd Died. Staughton Lynd Lives On.
Palestine

10 min read


Sep 28, 2022

A collapse in the making in Palestine

The World Bank, with two pairs of gloves on, documents the forthcoming series of events. The infamous Oslo Accords were a pair of agreements signed between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO): the Oslo I Accord, signed in Washington, D.C., in 1993; and the Oslo II Accord, signed in…

Palestine

5 min read

A collapse in the making in Palestine
A collapse in the making in Palestine
Palestine

5 min read


Sep 22, 2022

It’s Time to Call Israel’s Bluff

by Sam Bahour — Tony Klug For 55 years, Israel has cherry-picked the Geneva Convention which governs the laws of occupation. Throughout this whole period, the international community has been complicit in this deception by doing nothing about it. …

Palestine

7 min read

It’s Time to Call Israel’s Bluff
It’s Time to Call Israel’s Bluff
Palestine

7 min read


Sep 20, 2022

Visiting the Palestinian narrative requires more than a visit

“Humankind cannot bear very much reality.” ― T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets A heated argument is taking place about the morality, benefit, and value of traveling to Palestine to witness firsthand what Palestinians are facing in the context of prolonged Israeli military occupation. Assuming these travelers are well-intentioned and want…

Palestine

13 min read

Visiting the Palestinian narrative requires more than a visit
Visiting the Palestinian narrative requires more than a visit
Palestine

13 min read


Sep 2, 2022

Over 30 armed Palestinians go on a rampage across Tel Aviv

Foreign media refuses to report the story. By Sam Bahour Around 4 AM last night, six armored Palestinian jeeps entered Tel Aviv’s northern neighborhoods, breaking the pre-dawn calm and causing havoc across the city. Finally, the jeeps converged on a 2-story home. Over 30 masked Palestinian soldiers surrounded the residence…

Palestine

6 min read

Over 30 armed Palestinians go on a rampage across Tel Aviv
Over 30 armed Palestinians go on a rampage across Tel Aviv
Palestine

6 min read


Sep 1, 2022

When home is no longer home [Book Review]

Among the extensive literature on Palestine and Israel, Stranger in My Own Land: Palestine, Israel and One Family’s Story of Home by Fida Jiryis provides a rare, and rarely accessible, perspective. The author was born to Palestinian parents from Fassouta, a Christian village in Upper Galilee, on the Israeli side…

Palestine

5 min read

When home is no longer home [Book Review]
When home is no longer home [Book Review]
Palestine

5 min read

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