{"title":"Books by Nur Masalha","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780755649426","title":"Palestine","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis rich and magisterial work traces Palestine's millennia-old heritage, uncovering cultures and societies of astounding depth and complexity that stretch back to the very beginnings of recorded history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStarting with the earliest references in Egyptian and Assyrian texts, Nur Masalha explores how Palestine and its Palestinian identity have evolved over thousands of years, from the Bronze Age to the present day. Drawing on a rich body of sources and the latest archaeological evidence, Masalha shows how Palestine’s multicultural past has been distorted and mythologised by Biblical lore and the Israel–Palestinian conflict.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the process, Masalha reveals that the concept of Palestine, contrary to accepted belief, is not a modern invention or one constructed in opposition to Israel, but rooted firmly in ancient past. \u003ci\u003ePalestine \u003c\/i\u003erepresents the authoritative account of the country's history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56294769066357,"sku":"9780755649426","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780755649426_991d925e-281d-4e93-962e-b372164a64c9.jpg?v=1786015696"},{"product_id":"9781848139701","title":"The Palestine Nakba","description":"\u003cp\u003e2012 marks the 63rd anniversary of the Nakba - the most traumatic catastrophe that ever befell Palestinians. This book explores new ways of remembering and commemorating the Nakba. In the context of Palestinian oral history, it explores 'social history from below', subaltern narratives of memory and the formation of collective identity. Masalha argues that to write more truthfully about the Nakba is not just to practise a professional historiography but an ethical imperative. The struggles of ordinary refugees to recover and publicly assert the truth about the Nakba is a vital way of protecting their rights and keeping the hope for peace with justice alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is essential for understanding the place of the Palestine Nakba at the heart of the Israel-Palestine conflict and the vital role of memory in narratives of truth and reconciliation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56307941835125,"sku":"9781848139701","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781848139701_db406d00-ee1a-438b-9307-63ea576bafcb.jpg?v=1786029613"},{"product_id":"expulsion-of-the-palestinians","title":"Expulsion of the Palestinians","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn essential collection of essays that looks at the manufacture of Israeli propaganda and how it spreads into news, academia and political knowledge.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the beginning of the Zionist enterprise to find a Jewish national home, or state, in Palestine, Zionists have been confronted with what was called the \"Arab problem\" — the fact that the \"Land of Israel\" was already populated. Nur Masalha examines solutions to that problem — the transfer of the indigenous Palestinian population to neighbouring Arab lands. Masalha's book is the most comprehensive study to date on the concept of \"transfer\" in Zionist thinking from the late 1800s to the 1948 war. Expulsion of the Palestinians is invaluable for the light it throws on the attitudes towards the Palestinians of the Israeli political and military decision-makers on the eve of the exodus of some 750,000 Palestinians during the 1948 war.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57507705913717,"sku":"9781836743507","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781836743507.jpg?v=1787042845"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-nur-masalha.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}