Before Their Diaspora is a visual journey into life in Palestine before its partition in 1948. Every important aspect of modern Palestinian history comes to life in the nearly 500 photographs carefully selected from thousands uncovered in private and public collections throughout the world. Descriptive, analytic texts introduce each of the five historical periods into which the book is divided, and detailed chronologies complete the overviews.
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"... a remarkable retrospective view .... Those who do not buy it will regret it later." --Ambassador Richard Parker, Journal of Palestine Studies, 1984
"... spans in considerable depth the tumultuous history of what used to be called the Holy Land...fascinating." --The Washington Post, 1984
"Fascinating pictures with definitive comments and chronologies." --Harvard Magazine, 1984
"... spans in considerable depth the tumultuous history of what used to be called the Holy Land...fascinating." --The Washington Post, 1984
"Fascinating pictures with definitive comments and chronologies." --Harvard Magazine, 1984
"... spans in considerable depth the tumultuous history of what used to be called the Holy Land...fascinating." --The Washington Post, 1984
"Fascinating pictures with definitive comments and chronologies." --Harvard Magazine, 1984
"... spans in considerable depth the tumultuous history of what used to be called the Holy Land...fascinating." --The Washington Post, 1984
"Fascinating pictures with definitive comments and chronologies." --Harvard Magazine, 1984
About the Author
Walid Khalidi, a distinguished historian and widely recognized authority on the Palestine question, was born in Jerusalem, Palestine. He is a graduate of the universities of Oxford and London, has been a research fellow at Princeton University, and has taught at Oxford, the American University of Beirut, and Harvard University. Khalidi is cofounder of both the Royal Scientific Society of Amman, Jordan and the Institute for Palestine Studies, which latter he has served as General Secretary since 1963. Khalidi has written extensively in Arabic and English on the regional and international politics of the Arab world. His articles have appeared in Foreign Affairs, Politique Enrangere, The New York Times, etc.
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49 of 55 people found the following review helpful
By "arabseadog"
Format:Hardcover
This book really hits home, as a palestinian living in America, I am always bombarded with "facts" like we don't really exist, and that we were weak and stupid. This book shows that there was a noble, even if unsuccessful, fight for Palestine. I didn't know that during the time of the "Great Arab Revolt" of the late thirties, the british actually had to reoccupy lands held by brave Palestinian guerillas throughout the country. The book also has a ton of interesting pictures of the land and the native people. It's a great book that I will keep forever.
52 of 59 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
This is a moving book. Everyone interested in the Palestinian/Israel conflict should read it, and carefully watch its photographs. And think. Maybe afterwards the Palestinian view of the conflict starts to make a lot more sense than what is usually portrayed in the mainstream western media. This indispensable book deserves a much wider readership and should have been translated into the main european languages.
It is works of this kind that could start to change the hearts and minds of western peoples about one of the last conflicts originated by European colonialism, and to pave the way for a just and lasting solution to it.
46 of 53 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Hardcover
I believe that the ME conflict is not coming to an end with the existance of a "Jewish" state on Arab land. This fact is omited in western media and litrature either as a result of lack of information or by delibrate actions by the supporters of Israel. This book simply illustrates that there were an original nation, a civilized one, living there. Those are the same people living in refugee camps and else where in the world. As you go through the book, especially for westerners, you will realize that the matter is not simply a conflict over an empty land or tribes of un civilized people, but people with roots, culture, and long history. It's an excelent documentation that is worth reading about the past to forcast the future.
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The Palestinian Diaspora
Hello, I did order this book after I did read the wonderful book "Mornings in Jenin" written by Susan Abulhawa. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Moris Roger
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful, sad book
This book's beautiful pictures bring to life the Palestinians--Muslim and Christian Arabs--living in Palestine before 1948 and their interactions with British rule and Zionism... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Laura
5.0 out of 5 stars
Important Book
This book contains mainly photos that shows how the life of the Palestinians before 1948, and shows how developed was the Palestinian community before 1948. Read more
Published on December 17, 2010 by Holaco
5.0 out of 5 stars
Desolation is in the Eye of the Beholder
Zionist propaganda is typically based on the assumption that before the advent of the Zionist colonizers from Europe, Palestine was a desolate piece of land empty from but a few... Read more
Published on October 19, 2008 by Giant Panda
1.0 out of 5 stars
very misleading
this book is very misleading. it implies that the palestinians living in the middle east before 1948 were all arab, and that is not true. Read more
Published on October 29, 2007 by dan's the man
1.0 out of 5 stars
One-sided tome explains Palestinian victim mentality
"Before Their Diaspora: A Photographic History of the Palestinians, 1876-1948" by Walid Khalidi is a one-sided tale of how the Arabs of Palestine lost everything after the Ottoman... Read more
Published on December 23, 2006 by Chuck DeVore
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Desolation is in the Eye of the Beholder
Zionist propaganda is typically based on the assumption that before the advent of the Zionist colonizers from Europe, Palestine was a desolate piece of land empty from but a few... Read more
Published on July 22, 2003 by Giant Panda
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Intriqued in Vancouver, Canada
This is the most beautiful book I have ever come across that depicts pre-1948 Palestine through photographs of the people and the, now destroyed, country. Read more
Published on August 29, 2002
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Real Mind Opener
It presents the Palestinians as real people, not as cartoon cut-outs. This book provides insight for a largely ignorant and deceived public on the structure and history of a... Read more
Published on April 26, 2002
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Stunning, remarkable, and intelligent
This is a great book by one of the world authorities on the modern history of Palestine. The photo collection is fascinating, and provides a rare glimpse into the world of... Read more
Published on March 5, 2002
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