Refugees in Our Own Land

Muna Hamzeh is a Palestinian-American journalist whose work on the Palestinian question has appeared in The Economist, Ha'aretz, The Christian Science Monitor, Jerusalem Report, and Middle East International, among others. Hamzeh was born in Jerusalem to a Muslim father and a Christian mother, both of whom were half-Palestinian, half-Lebanese. She lived in the Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem from 1988-2000. She is currently based at the University of Texas.

• IntroductionPART ONE1. Ordinary Days in Dheisheh (2000)PART TWO2. Farewell Washington (1988)3. Welcome to Dheisheh (1990)4. Urging on the Scuds (1991)5. Diary of a Blockade (1993)6. Fatima (1994)7. Dheisheh will Never Fall Again (1995) 8. Where Is Peace? (1996) 9. When Time Stood Still (1996) 10. The French connection (1997)11. The Glory of the Intifada (1997)12. Where Do We Belong? (1997)13. Remembering Our Dead (1997)14. Where did Santa Go? (1998) 15. Male Vs. Female honor (1998)16. Celebrating Independence (1998) 17. From Dheisheh to Jerusalem (1998)18. Making it in a Man’s World (1998)19. Diving with a Splash (1998)20. Life’s four Seasons (1998)21. Checkpoint Jerusalem (1999)22. The Pope in Our Midst (2000)

'A unique insight into women's everyday life during the Al Aqsa Intifada - anger, sorrow, frustration fly off every page. This book is a slice of living history which will now never be forgotten'