Palestinian refugees in Gaza have lived in camps for five generations, experiencing hardship and uncertainty. In the absence of official histories, oral narratives handed down from generation to generation bear witness to life in Palestine before and after the 1948 Nakbathe catastrophe of dispossession. These narratives maintain traditions, keep alive names of destroyed villages, and record stories of the fight for dignity and freedom. The Womens Voices from Gaza Series honours womens unique and underrepresented perspectives on the social, material, and political realities of Palestinian life. In A White Lie, the first volume in this series, Madeeha Hafez Albatta chronicles her life in Gaza and beyond. Among her remarkable achievements was establishing some of the first schools for refugee children in Gaza. Foreword by Salman Abu Sitta.
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Weight: 204g
Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
Publication Date: 13 Oct 2020
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication City/Country: Canada
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781772124927
About Madeeha Hafez Albatta
Madeeha Hafez Albatta (1924-2011) born in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip became a teacher while in her teens and a principal in her mid-twenties the youngest in Gazan history. She was among the pioneers to rally the Palestinian community to guarantee the right to education for thousands of refugee children arriving in Gaza after the destruction of their homeland in 1948. The events of her life took her and her family across mandatory Palestine to Egypt Jordan Syria Lebanon and Canada. Barbara Bill lived and worked in Gaza for six years and currently resides in New South Wales Australia. Ghada Ageel is a visiting professor of political science at the University of Alberta a columnist for the Middle East Eye and the editor of Apartheid in Palestine (UAlberta Press).