Activist friends often ask me for a Palestine reading list. Here is one from Yara Asi. It is public, pls feel free to share.
First, some foundational classics (a lot has changed since these came out, but still applicable and valuable):
- The Question of Palestine- Edward Said
- The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine- Ilan Pappe
- The Gaza Strip: The Political Economy of De-Development- Sara Roy
Newer books, but will likely be classics: - The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine- Rashid Khalidi
- Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine- @4noura
- Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement- Angela Davis
Others with a unique viewpoint: - The Only Language They Understand- @NathanThrall
- The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine- @BenEhrenreich
- Hamas Contained: The Rise and Pacification of Palestinian Resistance- @TareqBaconi
- Blind Spot: America & the Palestinians- @elgindy_
- Except for Palestine- @marclamonthill & @MJPlitnick
- Palestinian Village Histories: Geographies of the Displaced- Rochelle Davis
- Refugees of the Revolution: Experiences of Palestinian Exile- Diana Allan
Some fiction: - Speak, Bird, Speak Again: Palestinian Folktales- Ibrahim Muhawi & Sharif Kanaana
- Salt Houses- @HalaNAlyan
- Palestine +100: Stories from a Century after the Nakba- @BasmaGhalayini
- Mornings in Jenin- @sjabulhawa
- The Book of Disappearance- Ibitisam Azem
And I couldn’t let you go without some cookbooks: - Palestine on a Plate: Memories from My Mother’s Kitchen- @palestinesplate
- The Gaza Kitchen: A Palestinian Culinary Journey- @gazamom
- Craving Palestine: A Cookbook (a fundraising compilation)
More books recommended by others:
The Palestine Question in International law by @VictorKattan
@AliAbunimah’s “One Country: A Bold Proposal To End The Israeli-Palestinian Impasse” and also “The Battle For Justice In Palestine”
Palestine – a graphic novel by Joe Sacco
Memory for Forgetfulness – poetry by Mahmoud Darwish