Tracing history: learning Palestine.
🇵🇸 resources for equipping our peacemaking
Hi there,
I dumped a lot of history you with Tracing History timelines. In case you missed them:
I’m back with some more resources to help you continue to learn about Palestine and advocate for Palestinian rights, freedom, and flourishing. I plan to add to this list when I find new resources I want to share with you.
Texts on Palestine.
Here are books1 and other written works from the Palestinian perspective, and a few about Palestine written by non-Palestinian authors:
Nonfiction memoir, essays, + documents
Blood Brothers, by Elias Chacour
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East, by Sandy Tolan
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017, by Rashid Khalidi
They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom, memoir by Ahed Tamimi and Dena Takruri
The Other Side of the Wall: A Palestinian Christian Narrative of Lament and Hope by Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac
On Palestine, Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappé, Frank Barat
Breakthrough: Transforming Fear Into Compassion - A New Perspective on the Israel-Palestine Conflict by Rich Forer
The First Advent in Palestine: Reversals, Resistance, and the Ongoing Complexity of Hope by Kelley Nikondeha
Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis
Kairos Palestine, a document from Palestinian Christian leaders to the the world and the global Christian Church echoing the South African 1985 Kairos Document
Poetry, plays, + cookbooks
Writing the Camp, poetry by Yousif M. Qasmiyeh
Before the Next Bomb Drops: Rising Up from Brooklyn to Palestine, poetry by Remi Kanazi
Rifqa, poetry from Mohamed El-Kurd
Memory for Forgetfulness, poetry and essays from Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian National Poet
19 Varieties of Gazelle, poems by Naomi Shihab Nye
The Gaza Monologues, testimonies written by ASHTAR theatrical youth in 2010, after the first war on the Gaza Strip
My Name is Rachel Corrie, a playscript edited by Alan Rickman (yes, that Alan Rickman)
The Gaza Kitchen: A Palestinian Culinary Journey, a cookbook by Laila El-Haddad
Arabiyya, a cookbook by Reem Assail
Digital resources.
News, journalists, + content creators to follow
Let’s Talk Palestine (and IG broadcast channel)
Websites
Just Vision - Just Vision fills a media gap on Israel-Palestine through independent storytelling and strategic audience engagement.
Palestine Poster Project - archive of protest and artful posters about Palestine, a unique way to learn about the resistance movement and artists.
The Palestine Academy - hub for information and resources to learn what is happening in Palestine and learn how to support Palestinians.
Podcasts
The New Evangelicals Podcast 178. Understanding Israel and Palestine Pt 3: A Palestinian Speaks, interview with Daniel Bannoura, who is a Palestinian Christian from Beit Sahour in the occupied West Bank, and also a friend I met on my first trip to Palestine in 2015.
Women Behind the Wall, a limited series podcast on the intersection of gender, religion, and conflict, offering glimpses into the lives of Palestinian Christian women living under the Israeli occupation.
Across the Divide, explores the intersection of the Christian faith and social justice in the context of Palestine/Israel and its relationship to the church in the West.
Television
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown: Jerusalem and Gaza (Season 2, Episode 1)
Mo, Netflix original TV series created by Mohammed Amer and Ramy Youssef
Film
Resistance Climbing, film available through Reel Rock (currently free to watch)
Farha, feature film available on Netflix
The Present, short film available on Netflix
Remembering the Gaza War, directed by Jen Marlowe, short doc series from the aftermath of the 2014 assault on Gaza
The Tower, animated film about a refugee family, available on YouTube and Vimeo
Children of Shatila, feature film about Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, available on Netflix
Like Twenty Impossibles, short film available on Netflix
Wandering Home posts.
The posts I’ve written recently are in a new place, “Hub for Palestine”, which you can find on the Wandering Home homepage.
In addition to the new resource hub, I’ve written for years about my hopes and connection to Palestine and Palestinians. Here are posts from my archive that seek to educate and inspire through practical posts and artistic peacemaking.
Informational + narrative
Free Palestine: humanity, nuance, and collective liberation.
Flipping Tables: the impact of solidarity with Palestinians.
Artistic + poetry
Crush Walls. (photography backstories)
Let me know if you have other favorite resources in the comments.
Until then,
Some of the book links are affiliate links for Bookshop.org, an online book seller that supports your local bookstores and gives me a little kickback each time you make a purchase from one of my links, at no extra cost to you.