Newfoundland and Labrador Public Libraries Reading List on Palestine
All books on this list can be checked out at a local library or through the Libby web/mobile app using an NL Public Libraries card. Check full catalogue or register for a free card at NLPL.CA.
Also see: shortened pdf version, and Decolonize Palestine’s expanded reading list.
last updated: December 18, 2024.
Introduction
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance by Rashid Khalidi (physical book, eBook, eAudiobook)
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe (physical book, eBook, eAudiobook)
The Question of Palestine by Edward W. Said (physical book, eBook)
Pre-Nakba
Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness by Rashid Khalidi (physical book, eBook)
Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History by Nur Masalha (physical book, eAudiobook)
Imperial Perceptions of Palestine: British Influence and power in late Ottoman Times by Lorenzo Kamel (physical book)
1948 Nakba
An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba by Nur Masalha, Nahla Abdo (physical book, eBook)
All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948 by Walid Khalidi (physical book)
The Politics of Denial: Israel and the Palestinian Refugee Problem by Nur Masalha (physical book)
Post-Nakba
The Politics of Dispossession: The Struggle for Palestinian Self-Determination, 1969-1994 by Edward W. Said (eBook)
On Palestine by Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappe (physical book, eAudiobook)
The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories by Ilan Pappe (physical book, eAudiobook)
The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World by Avi Shlaim (eBook)
Activism and Social Movements
Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and The Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis (physical book, eBook, eAudiobook)
Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics by Marc Lamont Hill, Mitchell Plitnick (physical book, eBook, eAudiobook)
Advocating for Palestine in Canada: Histories, Movements, Action - Edited by Emily Regan Wills, Jeremy Wildeman, Michael Bueckert and Nadia Abu-Zahra; Foreword by Libby Davies (physical book)
Auto-Biographies and Memoirs
I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti (physical book, eBook)
In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story by Ghada Karmi (physical book, eBook)
Return: A Palestinian Memoir by Ghada Karmi (eBook)
They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom by Ahed Tamimi and Dena Takruri (physical book, eBook, eAudiobook)
Novels and Fiction
Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa (physical book, eBook)
Against The Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa (physical book, eBook, eAudiobook)
Palestine's Children: Returning to Haifa and Other Stories by Ghassan Kanafani (physical book)
Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories by Ghassan Kanafani (physical book)
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli (physical book, eBook, eAudiobook)
Enter Ghost by Isabella Haddad (physical book, eBook, eAudiobook)
You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat (physical book, eBook, eAudiobook)
Poetry and Short Stories
Gaza Writes Back: Short Stories from Young Writers in Gaza, Palestine Edited by Refaat Alareer (physical book, eBook)
Light in Gaza Writings Born of Fire Edited by Jehad Abusalim (physical book, eBook, eAudiobook)
Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd (physical book, eBook)
Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza by Mosab Abu Toha (physical book, eBook)
Culture
Traditional Palestinian Costume: Origins and Evolution by Hanan Karaman Munayyer (physical book)
Dreams of a Nation: On Palestinian Cinema, Edited by Hamid Dabashi (physical book)
Graphic Novels
Palestine by Joe Sacco (physical book)
Footnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco (physical book)
A Child in Palestine: The Cartoons of Naji al-Ali by Naji al-Ali; introduction by Joe Sacco (physical book)
Misc
Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine by Noura Erakat (physical book, eAudiobook)
The Gaza Strip: The Political Economy of De-development by Sara Roy (physical book)
General Background
While these books may not touch upon Palestine specifically, the concepts they explore will help you to better understand the Palestinian question in a global context, as well as its relationship to world imperialism and colonialism.
The Wretched Of the Earth by Frantz Fanon (physical book, eBook, eAudiobook)
Orientalism by Edward W. Said (physical book, eBook)
Culture and Imperialism by Edward W. Said (physical book)
Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon (physical book)