Language of War, Language of Peace by Raja Shehadeh

  DESCRIPTION Watan offers a curated selection of used Palestinian books, ranging from works of non-fiction to prose, poetry to novels, and more. This offering is an extension of our Palestinian Women's Library (available for free use at our Orland Park location). DETAILS "Few Palestinians have opened their minds and hearts with such frankness."—New York Times "Shehadeh writes beautifully, his language infused with a lyrical, melancholic sense of loss"—Sunday Telegraph "Shehadeh writes with great clarity and simplicity, but no bitterness about the unhappy history of his family and country."—Independent When conflicts become entrenched over generations, the language of war infiltrates everyday life, concealing destruction and hardening positions. Nowhere is this truer than in the Middle East. Award-winning author Raja Shehadeh explores the politics of language and the language of politics in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, reflecting on the walls that they create—legal and cultural—th