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Title: Occupied Voices: Stories of Everyday Life from the Second Intifada by Wendy Pearlman, Laura Junka ISBN: 1-56025-530-7 Publisher: Nation Books Pub. Date: May, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Gentle and Firm
Comment: I think the Publisher's Weekly (PW) reviewer must have either had an axe to grind or not read the Pearlman book in which she convincingly outlines the reasons why she has chosen to give voice only to the (vastly under-represented) Palestinians. The funny thing is that the PW review talks about 'sides' where Pearlman's gentle and ruminative introductory essays and the interviewees she has chosen show *human beings* at the end of their tethers. The people she has chosen to interview represent a wide variety of backgrounds, and that she has gotten gripping, sad, and sometimes gently humourous stories from all of them is not only testament to her hands-off approach, but also to the depth of stories that are there to be told.
Pearlman's background as a young Midwestern Jew who was raised with an allegiance to Israel makes the preface -in which she explains how she decided to write this book- as interesting a story as that of the Palestinians in the book itself. Furthermore, she gently, but firmly, deals with any number of arguments one often hears in the media about the Israel-Palestine conflict or about the Palestinians in the preface.
As an Iranian who is interested in the Israel/Palestine conflict, I found her book rich in explanatory material, and rewarding in its attention to the human side of the conflict. I also liked its decidedly un-polemical stance, and its simple, jargon-free humanity.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent and Inciteful
Comment: Pearlman's book excellently captures the true "voices" of Palestinians living in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. I have been a student of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict for a number of years and spent four years living and working inside Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including during the current Intifada. In all of my reading on the conflict I have never previously come across a book that I felt captured the reality of the stuggles faced by Palestinians in their daily life in the way that this book does. For those standing outside of the conflict and wishing to gain a fuller understanding of its underlying causes this book should be seen as a rare gift. I cannot recommend the book enough.
Traveling throughout the Occupied Territories Pearlman does a good job of capturing a diversity of opinions from a large cross section of society. The human faces of the people living in the Occupied Territories are allowed to come out, and the rehtoric that often obscures the Palestinian/Israeli conflict is cut away. The pains, joys, anger, and happiness of Palestinians are not edited or modified for the audience. They are allowed to speak for themselves and should be heard by all.
Rating: 5
Summary: Voices otherwise unheard
Comment: Wendy Pearlman's "Occupied Voices" addresses an often overlooked aspect of the conflict in the Middle East. By recounting the stories of individuals living under conditions that (thankfully) none of us can even imagine, Pearlman sheds light on the crucible that is Palestine. The book helps the Western reader see Palestinians as individuals--something most texts fail to do, and something essential to truly understanding and resolving the conflict.
I found the stories evocative and so moving, the photographs stunning.
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Title: Reporting from Ramallah : An Israeli Journalist in an Occupied Land by Amira Hass ISBN: 1584350199 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 20 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Israeli Holocaust Against the Palestinians by Michael Hoffman II, Moshe Lieberman ISBN: 0970378424 Publisher: Independent History Pub. Date: 29 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti, Edward W. Said, Ahdaf Soueif ISBN: 1400032660 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Gun and the Olive Branch: The Roots of Violence in the Middle East by David Hirst ISBN: 1560254831 Publisher: Nation Books Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Drinking the Sea at Gaza : Days and Nights in a Land Under Siege by Amira Hass, Maxine Nunn ISBN: 0805057404 Publisher: Owl Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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