Hardly a day passes without some mention of Palestinians in the press, but they remain virtually unknown. Portrayed as either murderous terrorists or pitiful refugees, they have become prisoners of these images. Using Jean Mohr's photographs as a point of departure for this portrait of his people, Edward Said, a former member of the Palestinian National Council, charts the effects of the successive dispossessions Palestinians have suffered, from the creation of Israel to the fall of Beirut. He also discerns signs of a new Palestinian identity, based not on exile and victimhood but on persistence, hope and an awakening sense of community. Said's other books include "Orientalism" and "The Question of Palestine".
- ISBN10 0099916304
- ISBN13 9780099916307
- Publish Date 17 June 1993 (first published 8 September 1986)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 1 April 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Vintage
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 176
- Language English