News & opinions from a Palestinian-American
living & working in Ramallah/Al-Bireh, Palestine
![Non-violently resisting Israeli military occupation, with a scalpel [Book Review]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/non-violently-resisting-israeli-military-occupation-with-a-scalpel-472741138.jpeg)
Through recounting his own spectacular life, Dr. Shawki Harb’s memoir, “A Surgeon Under Israeli Occupation,” depicts Palestinian reality from the British Mandate to today. Born a Christian and breastfed by a Muslim, Dr. Harb embodies the best of both traditions. If you are from my generation or older in Palestine, you know and respect the person even if you have never crossed paths with him.
My Tree follows Jason Sherman’s journey to find the tree that was planted in his name in Israel many years earlier. When he discovers that it stands on the remains of a Palestinian village that was destroyed in 1967, he embarks on another journey — to determine his responsibility in helping to cover up the destruction.
![“Rooted in Palestine: Palestinian Christians and the Struggle for National Liberation 1917-2004” [Recommended]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Rooted-in-Palestine-Palestinian-Christians-and-the-Struggle-for-National-Liberation-1917-2004-Xavier-Abu-Eid.jpg)
Palestinian Christians are not only an integral part of the Palestinian struggle for freedom and independence, but they have also been pillars of Palestinian politics, resistance, business, culture, art, and so much more. Rooted in Palestine is a commendable synopsis of the Palestinian Christian community, interwoven with the history of the Church in Palestine and the inner dynamics of Palestine’s liberation movement. I congratulate my friend Xavier Abu Eid for this invaluable contribution to the documentation of Palestine and Palestinians.
![Foreign Perceptions of the United States under Donald Trump [Recommended]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/foreign-perceptions-of-the-united-states-under-donald-trump-book.jpg)
