Teach Middle East Literature

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Palestine/Israel
 

"Sling Shot Hip Hop" Palestinian teenagers in 2008 rap about their situation and the Wall.

 

Paradise Now, award winning film that puts a face on Palestinian suicide bombers (9-12).

 

Wild Thorns by Sahar Khalifeh, novel captures Palestinian life in the West Bank under Israeli occupation (grades 10-12).

Palestine (10-12) by Joe Sacco is a graphic novel about life in the West Bank in the 1990s. Footnotes in Gaza (11-12), also by Sacco is another graphic novel addressing a massacre in the Gaza Strip.

Men in the Sun by Ghassan Kanafani, short stories address the experience of Palestinian refugees (grades 9-12).

A Bottle in the Gaza Sea is a young adult novel by the Israeli writer Valerie Zenatti that provides a realistic look at the difference in the lives of Israelis and Palestinians (7-12).

Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye young adult novel (grades 6-9).

The Attack by Yasmina Khadra, powerful novel helps the reader understand Palestinian perspectives.

Panther in the Basement by Amos Oz is a beautiful coming of age novel by an outstanding Israeli author set at the time of the founding of the state of Israel. (9-12)

Jimmy Carter’s Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid (2006) provide valuable background informations (11-12).

Ripples Cross is a documentary film of an American college student who goes to Palestine.

History of Palestine

 

Some additional possibilities for Palestinian literature, and Israeli literature.