Now available in paperback, Stories from Palestine: Narratives of Resilience highlights the agency of Palestinians in their everyday life under Israeli occupation, based on interviews conducted with women and men across the West Bank, Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip. Their narratives illuminate relatable aspects of daily life under occupation that extend beyond media tropes of oppression and violence to Palestinian humanity, which is key to understanding the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Author Marda Dunsky interviews farmers, scientists, entrepreneurs, writers, educators and cultural curators, among others, in Palestinian villages, towns, cities and refugee camps—blending their narratives with historical background and data to contextualize their experiences and perspectives as individuals as well as members of this particular Palestinian society. As Booklist observed, “Palestinians are geniuses at making a way out of no way, of defying a 50-year occupation with courage and creativity. . . . Dunsky is unsparing in describing the human rights violations Palestinians endure, but her interview subjects want to be seen not as victims but as vibrant people with much to contribute.”
Stories from Palestine is a powerful reminder that the path to peace requires an inclusive hearing of voices from within the arena of conflict as well as recognition of the agency of actors there and beyond. The new paperback edition can be purchased on the Notre Dame Press website and previewed in the author’s blog and a video slideshow.
Marda Dunsky, assistant professor in residence at Northwestern University in Qatar, is a print journalist and journalism scholar. Her research focuses on underreported aspects of the Israel-Palestine conflict. Her teaching focuses on best practices of reporting and writing. She has taught global journalism on the faculty of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and has held editing and reporting positions at the Chicago Tribune and Jerusalem Post. She is the author of Pens and Swords: How the American Mainstream Media Report the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, among other works.
Learn More:
Read:
• Marda Dunsky’s recent guest post Prisms of Enlightenment: Understanding Palestinian humanity and agency is key toward resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict
• An Excerpt from “Stories from Palestine” by Marda Dunsky
• New Book Provides Perspective on Palestinian Experience and Context for Current Headlines
• An Interview with Marda Dunsky, author of “Stories from Palestine”
• The Inspiration behind “Stories from Palestine: Narratives of Resilience” by Marda Dunsky
Watch:
• NDP Shorts: Marda Dunsky, author of STORIES FROM PALESTINE
• STORIES FROM PALESTINE by Marda Dunsky