{"id":4288,"date":"2010-10-29T19:57:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T17:57:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-14T19:03:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T17:03:54","slug":"epalestine-new-book-letters-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2010\/10\/epalestine-new-book-letters-from\/","title":{"rendered":"New Book: Letters from Palestine (by Kenneth Ring and Ghassan Abdullah)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Dear friends,<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Please allow me to draw your attention to a new book that is now in the marketplace:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> <strong><em>Letters from Palestine: Palestinians Speak Out about Their Lives, Their Country, and  the Power of Nonviolence<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> by Kenneth Ring and Ghassan Abdullah<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Paperback: 384 pages<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Publisher: Wheatmark (July 15, 2010)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Language: English<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> ISBN-10: 1604944161<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> ISBN-13: 978-1604944167<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> See:  <\/span> <\/font> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lettersfrompalestine.com\/\"> <font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> <u>http:\/\/www.lettersfrompalestine.com\/<\/u> <\/span> <\/font> <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> Having been a co-editor to a volume of oral histories on Palestine and Palestinians after the  first Gulf War, I feel this book is a natural extension which brings the reality of every day  Palestinians to the reader.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> I personally know several of the people whose accounts are offered. The book is an easy  read and full of normal Palestinian life, which is not normal by any stretch of the imagination.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"> I strongly encourage you to buy and donate a copy to your public local library. 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