Book Reviews

One of the leading authorities on Palestinian costume, Widad Kamel Kawar offers a beautifully photographed compendium of rarely seen examples of Palestinian garments and jewelry and a valuable history of Palestine through interviews with the women who made them.

Malkit Shoshan's atlas may lead those unfamiliar with the geography of this conflict to experience an epiphany like the one that led the author to undertake this impressive work.

The tribute to Edward Said compiled is a bounteous offering of information on and perspectives about this Renaissance man.

What does it mean to be a Palestinian refugee from a camp in Lebanon like Nahr al-Bared, for example? Answers to this question can be found in the unique story told by Jamal Kanj in his recent and appropriately titled book Children of Catastrophe.

John Quigley, professor of international and comparative law at the Ohio State University Law School, argues that according to international law, Palestine may already be a state.

As the peace process grinds to a halt, many are reflecting on the problems with the process that led to what was an expected, if not inevitable failure. Why does it seem that the same mistakes are repeated over and over again, and that those managing the peace process today learn nothing from the mistakes of their predecessors?

Ussama Makdisi's book tells an important story about a relationship which, in its early years, had tremendous potential but it ultimately soured over time.

Amb. Safieh was remarkably accurate a decade ago observing Washington from across the pond.

Book Review: The Unspoken Alliance is an important work that uses declassified government documents to confirm what many had always suspected.

What do Israelis and Palestinians think about the core issues in the conflict? How does Palestinian and Israeli public opinion influence the decision making of their respective leadership? These are the questions that Jacob Shamir and Khalil Shikaki set out to answer in their new book, Palestinian and Israeli Public Opinion: The Public Imperative in the Second Intifada.

As’ad Ghanem’s study on the Palestinian national movement in the period after the Oslo Accords is an important argument that has implications not only on the future of the Palestinian movement, but also for those engaging this movement strategically,

Susan Abulhawa’s masterful writing is delightful to read. She writes with an element of metaphor, undoubtedly owing its origins to the Arabic language, which brings color and feeling to every page of this novel.

Sacco sketches the gruesome details of massacre in only the way images can describe, leaving an indelible mark on the memory of the reader that words alone could not accomplish.

The book discusses a number of different Jewish terror organizations from ancient to modern times...This book should be considered essential reading for anyone interested in terrorism in general and political violence in the state of Israel.