Saree Makdisi is professor of English and comparative literature at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is a scholar of imperial culture and has written extensively about Palestine. They both live in California.

"This book needs to be required reading for all who seek a peaceful future for these two long-tormented peoples." -- Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in Palestine "An extraordinarily detailed portrait... Weaves together a tapestry of harrowing narratives in a lucid and measured tone." "A lucid, invaluable chronicle of Palestinian daily life in the occupied territories."

Saree Makdisi is professor of English and comparative literature at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is a scholar of imperial culture and has written extensively about Palestine. They both live in California.

"This book needs to be required reading for all who seek a peaceful future for these two long-tormented peoples." -- Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in Palestine "An extraordinarily detailed portrait... Weaves together a tapestry of harrowing narratives in a lucid and measured tone." "A lucid, invaluable chronicle of Palestinian daily life in the occupied territories."

Saree Makdisi is professor of English and comparative literature at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is a scholar of imperial culture and has written extensively about Palestine. They both live in California.

"This book needs to be required reading for all who seek a peaceful future for these two long-tormented peoples." -- Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in Palestine "An extraordinarily detailed portrait... Weaves together a tapestry of harrowing narratives in a lucid and measured tone." "A lucid, invaluable chronicle of Palestinian daily life in the occupied territories."