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Author Albatta, Madeeha Hafez, 1924-2011, author

Title A white lie / Madeeha Hafez Albatta ; Barbara Bill & Ghada Ageel, editors
Edition First electronic edition
Published Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : University of Alberta Press, 2020
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps, portraits
Series Women's Voices from Gaza Ser
Women's voices from Gaza.
Contents Front cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- A White Lie -- 1 Childhood Days -- 2 School Days -- 3 Marriage -- 4 Massacre -- 5 Occupation -- 6 Black September -- 7 1973 War -- 8 Waiting for the Curtain to Rise -- Chronology of Events in Palestine -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- About the Author and Editors
Summary "Palestinian refugees in Gaza have lived in camps for five generations, experiencing hardship and uncertainty. In the absence of voice or official histories, oral narratives handed down from generation to generation bear witness to life in Gaza since Nakba--the catastrophe of dispossession. These histories maintain traditions, keep names of destroyed villages alive, and record stories of fighting for dignity and freedom. The Women's Voices from Gaza series honours women's 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. Among her remarkable achievements was establishing some of the first schools for refugee children in Gaza. Her story will benefit Middle East scholars, social justice and human rights advocates, and all who want to know more about the modern history of Palestine."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 18, 2020)
Online resource; title from PDF version (Library and Archives Canada Electronic Collection, viewed January 5, 2021)
Subject Albatta, Madeeha Hafez, 1924-2011.
Women, Palestinian Arab -- Gaza Strip -- Gaza -- Biography
Palestinian Arabs -- Gaza Strip -- Gaza -- Biography
Refugees, Palestinian Arab -- Gaza Strip -- Gaza -- Biography
Women refugees -- Gaza Strip -- Gaza -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women.
Palestinian Arabs
Refugees, Palestinian Arab
Social conditions
Women, Palestinian Arab
Women refugees
SUBJECT Gaza Strip -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Subject Gaza Strip
Gaza Strip -- Gaza
Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Bill, Barbara, 1956- editor
Ageel, Ghada, 1970- editor
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