A collection of personal
stories, history, poetry, and art
A Land With a
People is a book of stories,
photographs and poetry which elevates rarely heard Palestinian and
Jewish voices and visions. Eloquently framed with a foreword by the
dynamic Palestinian legal scholar and activist, Noura Erakat, this
book began as a storytelling project of Jewish Voice for Peace-New
York City and subsequently transformed into a theater project
performed throughout the New York City area.
Stories
touch hearts, open minds, and transform our understanding of the
"other"--as well as our comprehension of own roles and
responsibilities-- and A Land With a People
emerges from this reckoning. It brings us the narratives of secular,
Muslim, Christian, and queer Palestinians who endure the particular
brand of settler colonialism known as Zionism. It relays the
transformational journeys of Ashkenazi, Mizrahi, queer, and
Palestinian Jews who have come to reject the received Zionist
narrative. Unflinching in their confrontation of the power dynamics
that underlie their transformation process, these writers find the
courage to face what has happened to historic Palestine, and to their
own families as a result. Contextualized by a detailed historical
introduction and timeline charting 150 years of Palestinian and
Jewish resistance to Zionism, this collection will stir emotions,
provoke fresh thinking, and point to a more hopeful, loving
future--one in which Palestine/Israel is seen for what it is in its
entirety, as well as for what it can be.