Growing Up Palestinian: Israeli Occupation and the Intifada Generation (Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics, 16)

by Laetitia Bucaille

Book Overview

This remarkable book tells the inside story of three young men caught up in the Palestinian intifada. Through their stories, the tangled and tragic web of the past twenty years of the most enduring... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691116709
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Definitely worthwhile

First off, there is no anti-Israeli propaganda in this book. Instead, it does an incredible job of detailing the complixities of the situation. One of these is that many of the Palestinian militants that the author interviews do not hate Jews and want them expelled from the land; they want an end to the Israeli occupation. In a conflict, it is important to know both sides; by profiling the lives of young Palestinian militants, this book gives insights into aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict rarely seen in mass media, without condemning either side. My only complaint is that the translation is slightly strained at times, but I highly recommend this book.