Book Size: 6 x 9
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781623718886
Imprint: Olive Branch Press
Illustrations: Illustrations, black & white
Release date: Spring 2021
Foreword by: Nick Estes
Categories: History/Politics/Current Affairs, HomeDetermined to Stay
Palestinian Youth Fight for Their Village
$ 20“What is life like for you, Jody Sokolower asks the children and young people of the Palestinian village of Silwan. Her extraordinary book tells their stories … And she brings the stories home, documenting the parallel histories in which Israeli efforts to destroy Palestinian lives and seize their land are met with the same generations of resistance as US efforts to eliminate the Indigenous people of this land.” – Phyllis Bennis, author of Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
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Palestinian youth and the fight for their village
Silwan is a Palestinian village located just outside the ancient walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. Determined to Stay: Voices of Silwan is a moving story of a village and its people.
As Silwani youth and community members share their lives with us, their village becomes an easily accessible way to understand Palestinian history and current reality. Written with young people in mind, the richly illustrated text stresses connections between the lives of youth in the US and Palestine: criminalization of youth, forced relocation, the impact of colonialism on Indigenous communities, efforts to bury history, and inspiring examples of resistance and resilience.
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“What is life like for you, Jody Sokolower asks the children and young people of the Palestinian village of Silwan. Her extraordinary book tells their stories … And she brings the stories home, documenting the parallel histories in which Israeli efforts to destroy Palestinian lives and seize their land are met with the same generations of resistance as US efforts to eliminate the Indigenous people of this land.” – Phyllis Bennis, author of Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
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