A Month by the Sea : Encounters in Gaza
Over the summer of 2011, Dervla Murphy spent a month in the Gaza Strip. She met liberals and Islamists, Hamas and Fatah supporters, rich and poor. Through reported conversations she creates a vivid picture of life in this coastal fragment of self-governing Palestine. Bombed and cut-off from normal c...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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London : Eland Publishing,
2013
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| Schlagworte: | Gaza Strip-Description and travel Gaza Strip-Social conditions-21st century Gaza Strip-Social life and customs-21st century Travel and Tourism Manners and customs Social conditions Travel Electronic books |
| Umfang: | Online-Ressource (356 p) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Over the summer of 2011, Dervla Murphy spent a month in the Gaza Strip. She met liberals and Islamists, Hamas and Fatah supporters, rich and poor. Through reported conversations she creates a vivid picture of life in this coastal fragment of self-governing Palestine. Bombed and cut-off from normal contact with the rest of the world, life in Gaza is beset with structural, medical and mental health problems, yet it is also bursting with political engagement and underwritten by an intense enjoyment of family life. During her month by the sea, Dervla develops an acute eye for the way in which |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Beschreibung: | Online-Ressource (356 p) |
| ISBN: | 9781906011475 1906011478 9781780600284 1780600283 |