News & opinions from a Palestinian-American
living & working in Ramallah/Al-Bireh, Palestine
![“Peacemakers in Israel-Palestine: Dialogues for a Just Peace” [Recommended]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Peacemakers-in-Israel-Palestine.jpg)
Featuring a chapter by Sam, “Peacemakers in Israel-Palestine aims to analyze the crucial roles and capacities of mid-level, nongovernmental peacemakers as they provide unique approaches to transforming the Israel-Palestinian conflict. It also aims to analyze and experience dialogue as the primary mode of peacemaking communication.
![“Stranger in My Own Land: Palestine, Israel and One Family’s Story of Home” by Fida Jiryis [Book Review]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/stranger-in-my-own-land-1183647562.jpeg)
I am ecstatic to be able to share with you the first review of the forthcoming book, Stranger in My Own Land: Palestine, Israel and One Family’s Story of Home, by Fida Jiryis. It was published in Le Monde diplomatique (English edition), September 2022 Issue, as part of their Palestine special report. For over a decade, I witnessed the making of this landmark memoir from concept to publishing. All I can say is R-E-S-P-E-C-T to the author and publisher. Order your copy today; this is not one to be missed!
![“Palestinian Refugees in International Law” (second edition) [Recommended]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/PalestinianRefugeesinInternationalLaw.jpg)
The 1998 first edition looks at the Palestinian refugee question, resulting from the events surrounding the birth of the state of Israel seventy years ago, remains one of the largest and most protracted refugee crises of the post-WWII era. Based on a survey of more than 50 countries conducted with support from UNHCR and UNRWA, the second edition provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the status and treatment of Palestinian refugees in the Arab world and beyond.
For Palestinians, 1948 marks the ‘Nakba’ or the ‘Catastrophe’, when hundreds of thousands were forced out of their homes. But for Israelis, the same year marks the creation of their own state. This series attempts to present an understanding of the events of the past that are still shaping the present.
!["The Origin of the Palestine-Israel Conflict" paper [Recommended]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/The-Origin-of-the-Palestine-Israel-Conflict.png)
