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Book SynopsisA look into the hearts and minds of Palestinian refugees
Trade Review'A unique insight into women's everyday life during the Al Aqsa Intifada - anger, sorrow, frustration fly off every page. This book is a slice of living history which will now never be forgotten' -- Victoria Brittain
'Lays bare the whole spectrum of human emotion that she, her neighbours and friends undergo as the relentless series of events unfolds. Visceral fear of Israeli shelling and terror of settler attacks is interlaced with deep pain at the loss of yet another young life. Exhaustion, hopelessness, and bitterness are the constants' -- Journal of Palestine Studies
'This riveting first-hand account of life in the Palestinian refugee camps should be required reading for anyone interested in a resolution of the wrenching conflict between Palestine and Israel' -- Elizabeth Fernea, University of Texas at Austin
'With great warmth, anger, admiration and depression she pens the life of a camp through history and politics' -- Red Pepper
Table of ContentsIntroduction
PART ONE
1. Ordinary Days in Dheisheh (2000)
PART TWO
2. Farewell Washington (1988)
3. Welcome to Dheisheh (1990)
4. Urging on the Scuds (1991)
5. Diary of a Blockade (1993)
6. Fatima (1994)
7. Dheisheh will Never Fall Again (1995)
8. Where Is Peace? (1996)
9. When Time Stood Still (1996)
10. The French connection (1997)
11. The Glory of the Intifada (1997)
12. Where Do We Belong? (1997)
13. Remembering Our Dead (1997)
14. Where did Santa Go? (1998)
15. Male Vs. Female honor (1998)
16. Celebrating Independence (1998)
17. From Dheisheh to Jerusalem (1998)
18. Making it in a Man’s World (1998)
19. Diving with a Splash (1998)
20. Life’s four Seasons (1998)
21. Checkpoint Jerusalem (1999)
22. The Pope in Our Midst (2000)
