ALEX HALL is disgusted by the misuse of ‘emotional narratives’ to justify uninformed geo-political prejudice
Central questions unanswered
ALEX HALL is impressed by the scholarship of the book but disappointed by its failure to explore in significant depth the ‘why’ of the Gaza predicament
MASS EXODUS: Palestinians leave through the destruction in the wake of an Israeli air and ground offensive in Jebaliya, northern Gaza Strip
SUE TURNER welcomes a thoughtful, engaging book that lays bare the economic realities of global waste management
JOHN GREEN welcomes an insider account of the achievements and failures of the transition to democracy in Portugal
SIMON PARSONS applauds an imaginative and absorbing updating of Strindberg’s classic
PETER MASON is enthralled by an assembly of objects, ancient and modern, that have lain in the mud of London’s river
MICK McSHANE rubs shoulders with Mod legend Steve Craddock and joins in with the joyous Glasgow choir
DENNIS BROE sifts out the ideological bias of the newest TV series offerings, and picks out what to see, and what to avoid
Gaza, A History
by Jean-Pierre Filiu
Hurst, £18.99
JEAN PIERRE FILIU was a career diplomat representing France in Jordan, Syria and Tunisia and later held various advisory roles in the French government.
In 2006 he joined Sciences Po as a professor of Middle East studies.
This is the second edition of Filiu’s book. It won the 2015 Palestine Book Award and covers Gaza from 1500 BC to 2012. It has been updated with an additional 20-page afterword penned in March 2024.
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