This intelligent and honest book is a must for every American who wants to understand the roots of the calamity that has been unfolding in the Middle East since 1948.
"What emerges from these interviews with living human beings is an interesting picture of the diversity of opinion, the depth of feeling...of a group of people who, in their exile, continue to pay a heavy price for merely being who they are."
— Fouad Moughrabi, Qattan Center for Educational Research, Palestine
distinct and original...fluent, well organized, catching the nuances and complexities of the Palestinians views. She covers all the crucial issues.
— Ann M. Lesch, author Arab Politics in Palestine, 1917-1939
"...a profoundly revealing work. Cristison is a good reporter whose careful listening came up with a surprising variety of Palestinian insights. The Wound of Dispossession can help lead us out of a half-century of darkness and delusion about the realities of the Middle East. To remain ignorant of these realities is to invite almost certain future catastrophes."
— Southwest Bookviews
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