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Bitter Harvest
- A Modern History of Palestine
by Sami Hadawi
This book
tracks the long years of Palestinian history
from the years leading up to the fateful
Balfour Declaration of 1917 through the
times of loss, dispossession and occupation,
and on to the triumphs and tragedies of
the historic uprising that began in 1987,
right up to the 1990 Gulf crisis.
About the
Author
Sami Hadawi
is a Palestinian scholar who was born in
Jerusalem in 1904. He worked as the official
land valuer during the British Mandate period
in Palestine, and later for the Jordanian
government and with the United Nations Palestine
Conciliation Commission. He served in a
number of Arab and Palestinian diplomatic
positions. In 1965, he became Director of
the new Institute of Palestine Studies in
Beirut. His many books and pamphlets include
Palestine: Loss of a Heritage, Palestine
Diary 1914-1948, and Palestinian
Rights and Losses in 1948. Mr. Hadawi
passed away in Toronto on April 22, 2004,
at the age of 100.
Reviews
"... a classic historical account..."
- Library Journal
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