Review/ Apartheid in Palestine: Hard Laws and Harder Experiences
This collection of essays takes a personal look into the conflicts of the Middle East from all viewpoints
by paula e. kirman
by paula e. kirman
WHEN it comes to the situation in the
Middle East, specifically that of the generations-old conflict between
Israel and Palestine, some say that there are two sides to the story.
However, as Edmonton-based editor and academic Ghada Ageel demonstrates
in Apartheid in Palestine, there are far more than just two.
Apartheid in Palestine is a
collection of essays that both humanize and analyze issues of
occupation, displacement, colonization, and apartheid – the latter being
the most controversial term of the group when applied to Israel's
policies concerning Palestinian land and human rights. However, far from
being inflammatory, these stories of struggle are balanced in their
presentations, including authors that are Palestinian, Israeli,
activists, academics, and people who have lived in the region and
witnessed that which they seek to tell the world.
Ageel herself is a third-generation
Palestinian refugee, born and raised in the Khan Younis Refugee Camp in
the Gaza Strip. She is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta and a columnist for the Middle East Eye,
an online news portal based in London, England. Regardless of what
position you hold with regard to Israel and Palestine, this is an
important and challenging read that presents perspectives worthy of
study and discussion.
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