Palestine

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After the Last Sky: Palestinian Lives

By Edward Said, Jean Mohr (Photographer)

The Flag of Childhood: Poems from the Middle East

By Naomi Shihab Nye (Selected by)

 

Gaza Writes Back: Short Stories from Young Writers in Gaza, Palestine

By Refaat Alareer (Editor)

 

Habibi

By Naomi Shihab Nye

 

A Little Piece of Ground

By Elizabeth Laird, Sonia Nimr (With)

 

P is for Palestine: A Palestine Alphabet Book

By Golbarg Bashi (Illustrator), Golrokh Nafisi (Editor), Kourosh Beigpour (Editor)

Palestine

By Joe Sacco, Edward W. Said (Introduction by)

Salt Houses

By Hala Alyan

Sharing Our Homeland: Palestinian and Jewish Children at Summer Peace Camp

By Trish Marx, Cindy Karp

 

Sitti's Secrets*

By Naomi Shihab Nye, Nancy Carpenter (Illustrator)

 

Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood

By Ibtisam Barakat

 

Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak

By Deborah Ellis

Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer

By Phyllis Bennis

Young Palestinians Speak: Living Under Occupation

By Anthony Robinson, Annemarie Young

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