12 Best nonfiction books like Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine Before the Nakba by Teresa Aranguren

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Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine Before the Nakba

By: Teresa Aranguren

4.82

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

A unique, stunning collection of images of Palestine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine Before the Nakba by Teresa Aranguren , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape

By: Raja Shehadeh

4.23

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

“I often come to walk in these hills,” I said to the soldier…he was compact and short, not much tal… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Aku ada buku, aku tak perlukan pakaian atau sepatu khusus untuk berjalan ke perbukitan."

-Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape

"Ini bukan pertama kali kita kalah, tapi kini pemimpin kita meraikannya seolah kita menang. (Tentang Perjanjian Damai Oslo antara Israel-Palestin)"

-Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape

"Religious practice in the Land of the Bible tends to encourage exclusivity and discrimination rather than love and magnanimity. There is no place like the Holy Land to make one cynical about religion."

-Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape

"Meskipun aku suka sekali pohon ru, kuakui mereka seperti penjajah. Merekalah bukti betapa manusia telah menelantarkan bukit ini pada kuasa alam. Warna mereka hijau gelap, tak seperti pohon zaitun yan…"

-Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape

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2. The Wretched of the Earth

By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Richard Philcox , Frantz Fanon , Homi K. Bhabha

4.32

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

A distinguished psychiatrist from Martinique who took part in the Algerian Nationalist Movement, Fr… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"إن لجوءك إلى لُغة تكنيكيَّة معناه أنّك قرَّرتَ أن تَعُدَّ الجماهير جاهلة"

-Jean-Paul Sartre, The Wretched of the Earth

"Everything can be explained to the people, on the single condition that you want them to understand."

-Jean-Paul Sartre, The Wretched of the Earth

"The business of obscuring language is a mask behind which stands the much greater business of plunder."

-Jean-Paul Sartre, The Wretched of the Earth

"إن المناضل ليدرك في كثير من الأحيان أن عمله لا أن يقاتل القوى العدوة فحسب، بل كذلك حبات اليأس المتبلورة في جسم المستعمَر."

-Jean-Paul Sartre, The Wretched of the Earth

3. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

By: Ilan Pappé

3.98

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Since the Holocaust, it has been almost impossible to hide large-scale crimes against humanity. In … read more

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4. Gaza Writes Back (#1)

By: Refaat Alareer

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

"Gaza Writes Back: Short Stories from Young Writers in Gaza, Palestine", edited by Refaat Alareer i… read more

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5. Ten Myths about Israel

By: Ilan Pappé

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

What are the myths--and reality--behind the state of Israel? Ilan Pappe is one of the most outspoke… read more

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6. The Emperor and the Endless Palace

By: Justinian Huang

3.52

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

“What if I told you that the feeling we call love is actually the feeling of metaphysical recogniti… read more

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"Despair not. History is carved by men who did not have their fathers' favor."

-Justinian Huang, The Emperor and the Endless Palace

"You mean like a past life?' Calvin says. Garden snorts. 'Are you for real?' 'Excuse me, this is a "yes and" environment, G,' Calvin replies, 'and billions of people around the world believe in reinca…"

-Justinian Huang, The Emperor and the Endless Palace

"[River] 'Maybe he was just trying to shake me off. I mean, why would he want to be with me?' Without warning, Calvin bonks me on the side of my head, not hard, though it startles me, and some wine sp…"

-Justinian Huang, The Emperor and the Endless Palace

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7. Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement

By: Ashley Shew

4.30

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A manifesto exploding what we think we know about disability, and arguing that disabled people are … read more

Similar categories in Ashley Shew's Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement book and Teresa Aranguren's Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine Before the Nakba

  • politics
  • nonfiction
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8. Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire

By: Jehad Abusalim

4.70

Format: 279 pages, Paperback

Imagining the future of Gaza beyond the cruelties of occupation and Apartheid, Light in Gaza is a p… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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9. Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics

By: Marc Lamont Hill

4.21

Format: 227 pages, Hardcover

A bold call for the American Left to extend their politics to the issues of Israel-Palestine, from … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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10. Rifqa

By: Mohammed El-Kurd

4.66

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

Rifqa is Mohammed El-Kurd’s debut collection of poetry, written in the tradition of Ghassan Kanfani… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Sing me a song of home break a dish or two throw a stone or two because the screams make me nostalgic: I almost don't fear the sirens."

-Mohammed El-Kurd, Rifqa

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11. The Cemetery of Untold Stories

By: Julia Alvarez

3.68

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

Literary icon Julia Alvarez returns with an inventive and emotional novel about storytelling itself… read more

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12. Squire

By: Nadia Shammas

4.06

Format: 305 pages, Paperback

Aiza has always dreamt of becoming a Knight. It's the highest military honor in the once-great Bayt… read more

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13. We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice

By: Mariame Kaba

4.67

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

"Organizing is both science and art. It is thinking through a vision, a strategy, and then figuring… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
"That does not mean, however, there should be no consequences. It means real consequences. Consequences that really matter. It means transforming the conditions that exist in the first place for this …"

-Mariame Kaba, We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice

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14. Behind You Is the Sea

By: Susan Muaddi Darraj

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American communi… read more

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15. The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

By: Hala Alyan

4.22

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

From the author of The Arsonists’ City and The Twenty-Ninth Year, a new collection of poetry that t… read more

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  • nonfiction
"My favorite house is my mother."

-Hala Alyan, The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

"I don’t have time to write about the soul. There are bodies to count. There’s a man wearing his wedding tuxedo to sleep in case I meet God and there’s a brick of light before each bombing."

-Hala Alyan, The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

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16. Wrath of the Triple Goddess (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #7)

By: Rick Riordan

4.43

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Percy Jackson, now a high school senior, needs three recommendation letters from the Greek gods in … read more

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17. My Brother, My Land: A Story from Palestine

By: Sami Hermez

4.56

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

A riveting and unapologetic account of Palestinian resistance, the story of one family's care for t… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine Before the Nakba by Teresa Aranguren

18. Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine Before the Nakba

By: Teresa Aranguren

4.82

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

A unique, stunning collection of images of Palestine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and … read more

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  • art
  • history
  • politics
  • photography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Ending Fire (The Ending Fire Trilogy, #3) by Saara El-Arifi

19. The Ending Fire (The Ending Fire Trilogy, #3)

By: Saara El-Arifi

4.35

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Rebellions are like fires—something needs to burn to make a flame. Return to the Wardens’ Empire in… read more

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20. How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement Against Imprisonment

By: Rachel Herzing

4.23

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

An incisive guide to abolitionist strategy, and a love letter to the movement that made this moment… read more

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  • nonfiction
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21. Bethlehem: A Celebration of Palestinian Food

By: Fadi Kattan

4.72

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

Bethlehem is a celebration of Palestinian food and culture from one of the area’s most dynamic chef… read more

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  • nonfiction

7 Best history books like Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine Before the Nakba by Teresa Aranguren

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Raja Shehadeh

4.23

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4.32

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Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire

Jehad Abusalim

4.70

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Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics

Marc Lamont Hill

4.21

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Shubnum Khan

3.87

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Percival Everett

4.54

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Lisa Ko

3.22

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Tommy Orange

3.89

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