Nora Lester Murad, co-author of “Rest In My Shade” for Transformation. Freedom is claimed, not granted by Nora Lester Murad for Transformation Today’s actions by Central Americans and Palestinians show a historic convergence of resistance to borders. A photograph of Maria Virginia Duarte sits on my desk, and as I watch the coverage of the migrant caravan approaching the US…
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“Rest In My Shade” is This Week in Palestine’s Book of the Month!
This Week in Palestine has chosen “Rest In My Shade” as Book of the Month! Review by Ata R. Hindi. “I met Nora Lester Murad one day in a café in Ramallah. I remember my coffee. Black. We spent over an hour discussing the illegality of the blockade of Gaza. We spoke about the role of states and international actors…
Early praise for Rest in My Shade!
“An exquisite love song to Palestine and all its wonderful long-suffering people, to patience, the joy of fruitful simple living, and the power of holy, resilient trees. May the energy of tending and protecting our ancestral nourishment long endure.” —Naomi Shihab Nye, author of Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners “As elegant as the rolling hills of the…