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Book SynopsisInspiring biography from a doctor working against the odds in Palestine.
Trade Review'Scarcely any personal narratives of the lives of Israel's Arab minority exist. Kanaaneh's fascinating exposure of this little known subject is written with passion and authority' -- Dr Ghada Karmi
'A moving account of the plight of the Palestinians by one of them' -- Desmond M. Tutu, Archbishop Emeritu
'Blends the personal with the political, the past with the present and the emotional commitment with the rational analysis. It is a fascinating first hand account from the perspective of a Palestinian who defeats the imposed partition of the land and the fragmentation of its people: he belongs to Palestine on both sides ... both a native of the land and a refugee in it' -- Ilan Pappe
'Sheds a unique light on the lives of ... Palestinians in a beautifully readable and engrossing memoir. His account of the rank racial discrimination, difficult social circumstances and pervasive poverty of most Palestinians in the Jewish state is leavened by Kanaaneh's humour and his eye for striking detail. This is a truly touching book that is hard to put down' -- Rashid Khalidi
'Kanaaneh succeeds brilliantly in bringing to light his community, and 'the wall of seclusion and concealment' behind which Israel hasisolated its Palestinian citizens' -- Emma Williams, The Lancet
Table of Contents1. Cat and Mouse
2. A Second Homecoming
3. Legends of the Diwan
4. Present Absentees
5. My First Shaheed
6. Lost in the System
7. The Evil Eye
8. Galilee Folkways
9 . Galilee Panoramas
10. Genocide, Here and There
11. Out of the Closet
12. Tribal Politics
13. Tales from Area Nine
14. Donkeys with Neckties
15. Different Resistance
16. Suffering the Lashes
17. Agonies of War
18. In the Shin Bet's Sights
19. Reaping the Whirlwind
20. Deja Vu
21. A Little Piece of Palestine
Notes
Index
