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Reviews

The Peace That Never Came: Israel’s Unbroken Cycle of Impunity
By Jan Keulen Recently, Daree Books Canada published ‘The Peace That Never Came’ in Arabic. Journalist Jan Keulen and diplomat Nikolaos ‘Koos’ van Dam were surprised that after almost three decades, there would still be […]

On ‘The Politics of Defanging’: Reviewing El-Kurd’s Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal
By Benay Blend Mohammed El-Kurd’s first non-fiction traces the ways that Palestinians are most often viewed as “perfect victims” rather than as people with dignity who are fighting for the liberation of their land. Due […]

Palestine Through the Lens: A Visual Chronicle of a Vibrant Society
By Jamal Kanj This is a review of an exceptional photo book, Images of Palestine (1898-1946). The book is a collection of photographs that spans nearly five decades, captured in the period leading up to […]

To Mourn Is to be Human – A review of Palestinian Wail by Yahia Lababidi
By Rebecca Romani Lababidi links Gaza clearly to other genocides, passing through Elie Wiesel to the memories of genocide at the hands of the American government for the Lakota and Dakota Sioux at Standing Rock. […]

Reviewing ‘War’ – Arab Leaders Betray Gaza, according to Bob Woodward
By Robert Inlakesh Although the book offers some insights that could well be valuable to a wider analysis of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, it is clearly biased in many respects. Veteran Journalist Bob Woodward’s […]

Steven Salaita’s Daughter, Son, Assassin – A Novel for These Times
By Benay Blend At the core of the novel there is a central question: What do we inherit from our ancestors, and what do we leave behind? At first glance, Steven Salaita’s Daughter, Son, Assassin […]

Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire – Book Review
By Jim Miles Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire. Caroline Elkins. Vantage Books/Penguin Random House, New York, 2022. This is an amazing history, one that should be on the list of every […]

The Arabs: A History – Book Review
By Jim Miles (The Arabs – A History. Eugene Rogan. Basic Books, New York, 2009. Revised 2017.) While the genocide has raged on in Gaza I have been reading Eugene Rogan’s large work simply titled The […]

Our Vision for Liberation: A Cause with a Future – Book Review
By David Faber (Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders & Intellectuals Speak Out, Ramzy Baroud and Ilan Pappé, Clarity Press, 2022) Now that this seminal and historical political work has been launched and is making its […]

Women’s Voices From Gaza: Come My Children – Book Review
By Jim Miles (Women’s Voices From Gaza: Come My Children. Hekmat Al-Taweel. Ed. Ghada Ageel & Barbara Bill. University of Alberta Press, Edmonton, 2023.) The third book in the Women’s Voices From Gaza Series, Come […]

Chronicling the Mandatory Rape of Palestine – A Book Review
By Jeremy Salt (Blake Alcott, The Rape of Palestine. A Mandate Chronology. 2 vols., Tredition.com.) A monumental amount of work has gone into the preparation of these two volumes, 1437 pages, excluding annexes, not just […]

Light the Road of Freedom: Women’s Voices From Gaza – Book Review
By Jim Miles Light the Road of Freedom – Women’s Voices From Gaza. Sahbaa Al-Barbari, Ed. Ghada Ageel & Barbara Bill. University of Alberta Press, Edmonton, 2021. This is the second volume in the series […]

Women’s Voices From Gaza: A White Lie – Book Review
By Jim Miles (Women’s Voices From Gaza – A White Lie. Madeeha Hafez Albatta. Ed. Barbara Bill & Ghada Ageel. University of Alberta Press, Edmonton, 2020.) “A White Lie” is the first in a series […]

Norman Solomon’s ‘War Made Invisible’ Refutes Collusion with War Makers – Book Review
By Kathy Kelly (War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine by Norman Solomon, The New Press, 2023) Following a string of United States “forever wars,” a profusion of well-written, […]

Brotherhood and Friendship in a Time of War: Reflections on ‘The Mercenary’ – Book Review
By Kathy Kelly Sometimes, I needed to pause and recall my own presumptive conclusions about experiences in prisons and war zones when I had recognized a defining reality, which was that we would eventually return […]

Grand Delusion: The Rise and Fall of American Ambitions in the Middle East
By Jim Miles (Grand Delusion: The Rise and Fall of American Ambitions in the Middle East. Steven Simon. Penguin Press, New York, 2023.) While Simon’s “Grand Delusion” does provide a good political background to events […]

Finding Melody Sullivan – Book Review
By Benay Blend (Finding Melody Sullivan. Alice Rothchild. Cune Press, Seattle, 2023) Alice Rothchild’s long career as a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and human rights activist enabled her to write this book. In medical school she began […]

America and Iran: A History 1720 to the Present – Book Review
By Jim Miles (America and Iran: A History 1720 to the Present. John Ghazvinian. Vintage Books, Penguin Random House, New York, 2021.) The relationship between Iran and America has been one of tension, misunderstandings, and […]

They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl’s Fight for Freedom – Book Review
By Lois Griffiths (They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl’s Fight for Freedom, by Ahed Tamimi and Dena Takruri, One World, 2022) Ahed Tamimi and journalist Dena Takruri tell Ahed ‘s story. Ahed was […]

Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts: Feminism Inter/Nationalism & Palestine – Book Review
By Jim Miles (Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts – Feminism Inter/Nationalism & Palestine. Nada Elia. Pluto Press, 2023. London.) Interestingly this work by Nada Elia – Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts […]

Imagining Palestine: Cultures of Exile and National Identity – Book Review
By Jim Miles (Imagining Palestine – Cultures of Exile and National Identity. Tahrir Hamdi. I. B. Taurus, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London, 2023.) In her recent work, “Imagining Palestine”, Tahrir Hamdi has made an intriguing, thought-provoking, […]

Glory to God in the Lowest: Journeys to An Unholy Land – Book Review
By Jim Miles (Glory to God in the Lowest: Journeys to An Unholy Land. Donald E. Wagner. Olive Branch Press, Interlink Publishing group, Inc. Northampton, Massachusetts. 2022.) In “Glory to God in the Lowest”, Donald […]

Zionism During the Holocaust: The Weaponization of Memory in the Service of State and Nation – Book Review
By Jim Miles (Zionism During the Holocaust: The Weaponization of Memory in the Service of State and Nation. Tony Greenstein. 2022.) The current Israeli government promotes the idea that it speaks for the Jewish people […]

The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People – Book Review
By Jim Miles (The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People. Walter Russell Mead. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 2022.) In today’s world, a clear understanding of […]

The Hundred Year War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017
By Jim Miles (The Hundred Year War on Palestine – A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017. Rashid Khalidi. Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, New York, 2020.) With the writing of “The Hundred […]

Advocating for Palestine in Canada: Histories, Movements, Actions – Book Review
By Jim Miles (Advocating for Palestine in Canada – Histories, Movements, Actions. Ed.: Emily Wills, Jeremy Wildeman, Michael Beuckert, Nadia Abu-Zahra. Fernwood Publishing, Halifax/Winnipeg, 2022.) Different groups advocate for Palestine from a variety of perspectives […]

‘Stand on Guard for Whom?’: A People’s History of the Canadian Military – Book Review
By Jim Miles (‘Stand on Guard for Whom?’: A People’s History of the Canadian Military, Black Rose Books, Montreal, 2021) For a short while, at least as announced by the mainstream media, Canada found itself […]

Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders & Intellectuals Speak Out – Book Review
By Gary Anderson (Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders & Intellectuals Speak Out, Ramzy Baroud and Ilan Pappé, Clarity Press, 2022) This powerful book is a series of themed essays and interviews with knowledgeable thinkers and […]

Angela Davis, John Pilger, Roger Waters Rave about Just-Released ‘Our Vision for Liberation’
In commemoration of the 74th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, renowned historian, Professor Ilan Pappe, and Palestinian author, Dr. Ramzy Baroud, announce the release of their latest book, ‘OUR VISION FOR LIBERATION: Engaged Palestinian Leaders […]

Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders and Intellectuals Speak Out – Book Review
By Lois Griffiths (Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders and Intellectuals Speak Out, by Ramzy Baroud and Ilan Pappé, Clarity Press, 2022) ‘Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders and Intellectuals Speak Out’ is […]