Palestine Speaks: Narratives of Life Under Occupation - Voice of Witness (Paperback)

Voice of Witness has done a better job than I've seen anybody do with having people tell their stories in a way that really engages you. In a time when history is told in cheap television re-enactments, if at all, and personal tragedy is gobbled up in rapidly digestible magazine photos and reality shows, this project goes against the grain. Palestine Speaks-a collection of testimonials from Palestinians narrating their own experiences, their own suffering, is a rare and courageous book. Palestine Speaks demonstrates that nothing is more eloquent than the voices of those who endure and try valiantlyto survive. Nothing is more important for us than to listen to them carefully, to grasp their suffering, to learn from their testimonies about them and about ourselves, and to use this understanding to bring their tragedy to an end.