Book review: diary from pre-Nakba Palestine: Asa Winstanley,

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It is refreshing to read a book put together by a true expert. Katz has an impressive grasp of the historical background to the daily events that Sami recounts, and as a reader of Arabic she is able to draw on and reference the wider Palestinian and Arab historical literature. She indulges us with a brilliant historical overview of the inter-war period in Palestine, and the challenges faced by the population: the increased pace of Zionist colonization, the expulsion of the Palestinian leadership in the wake of the British suppression of the 1936-39 Arab Revolt, the privations of the Second World War and the issues facing Palestinians who joined the British war effort.
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