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Reading and learning about what has really happened in Palestine since 1917. endtheoccupation
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When the World Sleeps: Stories, Words, and Wounds of Palestine By Francesca Albanese (opens the original)
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also viewable on Substack: https://palestinebookshelf.substack.com/p/when-the-world-sleeps-stories-words Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?pli=1&tab=t.ivcvg73lhvnr MAIN THESIS Albanese argues that the world has slept through — and remains complicit in — the systematic destruction of Palestinian life under Israeli occupation, which meets the legal definition of genocide. Through personal stories and legal analysis she insists
Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd (opens the original)
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also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/perfect-victims-and-the-politics Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?pli=1&tab=t.rscryk4gru0z MAIN THESIS Palestinians are required to pass endless tests imposed by society, journalism, and Israelis simply to narrate their own experiences. El-Kurd rejects this: as the oppressed, they need no permission. Their voices must be heard without qualificatio
My Father Was a Freedom Fighter By Ramzy Baroud (opens the original)
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also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/my-father-was-a-freedom-fighter-gazas Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?pli=1&tab=t.x6it61j4bm1j MAIN THESIS The expulsion, occupation, and ongoing suffering of Palestinians in Gaza were not accidental byproducts of war but the result of deliberate policies of displacement, control, and denial of rights. Through the lens of one family's experiences
The Bibi Files by Alexis Bloom (opens the original)
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also viewable on Substack: https://palestinebookshelf.substack.com/p/the-bibi-files-by-alexis-bloom Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?pli=1&tab=t.qpm8bcugqwp MAIN THESIS The film exposes Netanyahu's deep personal involvement in corruption, including bribery, gifts, media manipulation, and interference in official processes to benefit wealthy donors. Netanyahu and his inner circle (especially his wife Sarah) are portrayed as
All That's Left of You by Cherien Dabis (opens the original)
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also viewable on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinebookshelf/p/all-thats-left-of-you-by-cherien Copy of the summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiBSLYqj5qd2TXU4cE9pLfRGg3Pdis7rd5fwQxwx-Tw/edit?pli=1&tab=t.f03p2swa1fet MAIN THESIS The film portrays the Palestinian catastrophe (Nakba and ongoing occupation) through the lens of one family's story across generations (1948, 1967, First Intifada era, etc.), showing how each generation reacts to the previous one amid shock, disb
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