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This is the inside story of the Palestine Liberation Organisation
(PLO), from its beginnings in 1964 to the signing of the Oslo
agreement in 1993. For over three decades, the main goal of the PLO
was to achieve a just peace in the Arab-Israeli conflict, and to
build a democratic state in Palestine for all its citizens. Shafiq
Al-Hout, a high ranking PLO official until his resignation in 1993,
provides previously unavailable details on the key events in its
history such as its recognition by the UN and the Oslo peace
negotiations. Taking us right to the heart of the decision making
processes, this book explains the personalities and internal
politics that shaped the PLO's actions and the Palestinian
experience of the twentieth century. Although he was an insider,
Al-Hout's book does not shy from analyzing and criticizing
decisions and individuals, including Yasser Arafat. This book is an
essential piece of history that sheds new light on the significance
of the PLO in the Palestinian struggle for justice.
In this "beautifully written memoir" (Publishers Weekly), Jean Said
Makdisi illuminates a century of Arab life and history through the
stories of her mother, Hilda Musa Said, and her Teta, "Granny"
Munira Badr Musa. Against the backdrop of the fall of the Ottoman
Empire, the rise of Arab nationalism, the founding of Israel, the
Suez crisis, the Arab-Israeli wars, and civil war in Beirut, she
reveals the extraordinary courage of these ordinary women, while
rethinking the notions of "traditional" and "modern," "East" and
"West." With a loving eye, acute intelligence, and elegant,
impassioned prose, Makdisi has written "much more than a memoir,"
rather "an embrace of history and culture" (Cleveland Plain
Dealer).
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