Palestine Reads & Film (All Ages)

Updated April 3, 2025
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Homeland : my father dreams of Palestine
Moushabeck, Hannah
Paper Book
A father and his daughters may not be able to return home . . . but they can celebrate stories of their homeland! As bedtime approaches, three young girls eagerly await the return of their father who tells them stories of a faraway homeland--Palestine....

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A map for Falasteen : a Palestinian child's search for home
Odeh, Maysa
Paper Book
A Kirkus Best Book of 2024 A Booklist Editors Choice 2024 A young Palestinian girl living in diaspora struggles to find her homeland on a map in this gentle and heartfelt picture book. At school, Falasteen and her classmates are tasked with finding...
Ida in the middle
Murad, Nora Lester
Paper Book
Every time violence erupts in the Middle East, Ida knows what's coming next at her school near Boston. Some of her classmates treat her as if it's all her fault - just for being Palestinian. One day, Ida discovers a jar of olives that came from a beloved aunt in her family's village near Jerusalem....
Tasting the sky : a Palestinian childhood
Barakat, Ibtisam.
Paper Book
"When a war ends it does not go away," my mother says."It hides inside us . . . Just forget!" But I do not want to do what Mother says . . . I want to remember. In this groundbreaking memoir set in Ramallah during the aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War, Ibtisam...

Appropriate for older children 12+

Power born of dreams : my story is Palestine
Sabaaneh, Mohammad
Paper Book
Winner of the 2022 Palestine Book Award "An artistic triumph that will stand as an enduring testament to the spirit of the Palestinian people. Mohammad Sabaaneh is a master."--Joe Sacco, winner of the American Book Award for Palestine What does freedom look like from inside an...
Against the loveless world : a novel
Abulhawa, Susan
Paper Book
Arab American Book Award Winner 2021 Aspen Words Literary Prize Finalist 2020 Athenaeum Literary Award Finalist 2020 Palestine Book Awards Winner Longlisted for Rathbones Folio Prize "Susan Abulhawa possesses the heart of a...

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