Palestinian refugees in Gaza have lived in camps for five generations, experiencing hardship and uncertainty. In the absence of official histories, oral narratives handed down from generation to generation bear witness to life in Palestine before and after the 1948 Nakba--the catastrophe of dispossession. These narratives maintain traditions, keep alive names of destroyed villages, and record stories of the fight for dignity and freedom. The Women's Voices from Gaza Series honours women's unique and underrepresented perspectives on the social, material, and political realities of Palestinian life. In A White Lie, the first volume in this series, Madeeha Hafez Albatta chronicles her life in Gaza and beyond. Among her remarkable achievements was establishing some of the first schools for refugee children in Gaza.
Authors
Madeeha Hafez Albatta, Barbara Bill, Ghada Ageel, Salman Abu Sitta
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references
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- CaOOCEL
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- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 956.94/5694305092
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- awgz---
- ISBN
- 9781772125184 9781772124927
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- DS126.6.A43
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- A3 2020eb
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- CaBNVSL
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- CaBNVSL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (lix, 180 pages)
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- Ottawa, Ontario
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)thg00082367 (OCoLC)1182026548 (CaOOCEL)460184
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Table of Contents
- Front cover 1
- Title page 4
- Copyright page 5
- Dedication 6
- Contents 8
- Preface 10
- Foreword 16
- Acknowledgements 24
- Introduction 26
- A White Lie 62
- 1 Childhood Days 64
- 2 School Days 84
- 3 Marriage 100
- 4 Massacre 112
- 5 Occupation 126
- 6 Black September 148
- 7 1973 War 164
- 8 Waiting for the Curtain to Rise 172
- Chronology of Events in Palestine 190
- Notes 210
- Glossary 228
- Bibliography 232
- About the Author and Editors 242
