'This collection of Shohat's writings offers readers an excellent introduction to her original ideas and to their development. All students of Israel-Palestine, the Middle East, and Jewish histories would benefit from reading this volume. Beyond her academic contribution, Shohat's inspirational work demonstrates to readers that an alternative vision of the future is possible'
Journal of Palestine Studies 'Indispensible'
... Read moreProtocols '[A] profoundly important collection ... of enormous importance in understanding not only the tragedy of the post-1947 population exchange but the ethnic conflicts tearing apart the Middle East and North Africa today'
Counterpunch 'The volume is so rich in content and perspective on the changing patterns of ethnicity and its interaction with historical circumstance that I hardly know where to begin ... A genuine and enduring achievement.'
Peace News 'Ella Shohat is a gifted cultural critic who writes about complex issues with great clarity, wisdom, and insight. In this collection of essays she tackles a wide range of Middle Eastern topics from a refreshingly original and radical perspective. She is a wrecking-ball of Zionist orthodoxies'
Avi Shlaim, author of The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World 'In this rich and wide-ranging collection, Ella Shohat demonstrates subtlety, imagination, and the potential of engaged writing. Although it probes many aspects of loss and dislocation, this work is sustained, in the end, by a profound sense of hope'
Ahdaf Soueif, author of Cairo: Memoir of a City Transformed (Bloomsbury, 2014) 'Authoritative, knowledgeable, and fascinating ... an essential addition to understanding the nature of Israel and the conflict its establishment has created, not just for Palestinians but also for the Mizrahi or 'Arab Jews'. Poignant and thought-provoking'
Ghada Karmi, author of Return: A Palestinian Memoir (Verso, 2015) 'A scholar of unique range, learning, and originality'
Jacqueline Rose, author of The Last Resistance (Verso, 2007) Show Less