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AVAILABLE NOW FROM VOICE OF WITNESS & MCSWEENEY'S BOOKS

For more than six decades, Israel and Palestine have been the global focal point of intractable conflict, one that has led to one of the world’s most widely reported yet least understood human rights crises. In their own words, men and women from West Bank and Gaza describe how their lives have been shaped by the conflict. Here are stories that humanize the oft-ignored violations of human rights that occur daily in the occupied Palestinian territories. Narrators include:
EBTIHAJ, whose son, born during the first intifada, was killed by Israeli soldiers during a night raid almost twenty years later.

KIFAH, who was jailed for years with no charges. She believes she was imprisoned for her work as a community leader and outreach to prisoners before her arrest.

IBTISAM, the director of a children’s center in the West Bank whose work is significantly constrained by mobility obstacles in the region.
AMIAD COHEN, the head of security for Eli Settlement, which covers eight hilltops in the central West Bank. He talks about the Jewish identity and the conflict from a settler perspective and his conflicted feelings about the settlement project and relationships with Palestinians.

NADER, a professional marathon runner from the Gaza Strip who is determined to pursue his dream of competing international races in the face of countless challenges, including severe travel restrictions and few resources to help him train.
“An excellent introduction to a controversial subject. Hoke and Malek’s work should prove a sturdy and revelatory resource for those looking for a deeper understanding of an intractable conflict.”
Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Thirty years ago, Edward Said wrote of the systematic exclusion of Palestinian voices from American public discourse, of Palestinians being denied the ‘permission to narrate’ their own lives. Not nearly enough has changed, but Palestine Speaks—a collection of testimonials from Palestinians narrating their own experiences, their own suffering, their own choices—defies that interdiction. This is a rare and courageous book.”
—Ben Ehrenreich, journalist and author of Ether and The Suitors
“A stunning, essential, and heartbreaking book that puts a profoundly human face on the suffering of the Palestinian people. This should be required reading for anyone with an interest in the Middle East, which is to say: everyone. 
     Like all Voice of Witness books, Palestine Speaks, uses the grand old tools, presenting beautifully shaped narratives that evoke the reader’s empathy and help him see the connections between himself and the people narrating. The effect is magical and empowering—the reader feels a sense of connection and warmth, and is thus able to imagine positive outcomes. In other words, to read a Voice of Witness book is to feel one’s habitual sense of disconnection begin to fall away.”
–George Saunders, author of The Tenth of December and MacArthur Genius Grant recipient

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Join us for the book release event at 826 Valencia on November 14th, 6 pm or at one of the other book events in San Francisco, Berkeley, Colorado Springs, Denver, and Portland. Additional events TBA. To invite the editors to speak about the book at your venue or organization, email Alyson at press@voiceofwitness.org

For news on this book, upcoming events, and the Voice of Witness book series, come right this way.

Educators: Voice of Witness also offers free sample lesson plans and curriculum for all our books. To download these Common Core aligned materials for Palestine Speaks, click here.
 

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