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Tragic lessons from the West Bank
Gordon Parsons reviews a new book about education in Palestine

 

Romeo and Juliet in Palestine: Teaching Under Occupation, by Tom Sperlinger (Zero Books: £9.99)

FEW teachers would deny that in the classroom they learn as much as their students.

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