Jadaliyya features interview with co-authors Nora Lester Murad and Danna Masad (also reprinted by Middle East Pedagogical Initiative: https://mespi.org/author/noralestermuraddannamasad/)
Richard Falk recommends “Rest in My Shade”
Richard Falk wrote: “I want to recommend Rest in My Shade: A Poem About Roots by Nora Lester Murad and Danna Masad. It is a beautifully crafted story of the Palestinian ordeal as understood through a primary metaphor of the olive tree, so bound up with Palestinian identity, both because of the rootedness to place of olive trees and the life…
Midwest Book Review (March 21, 2019)
“A perfect gift, coffee table book, or tool for discussions by adults and children about today’s global refugee and migration crises, “Rest in My Shade” is a thoughtful and thought-provoking browse that will have immense and enduring appeal fo students of poetry, art, and Palestinian history. The reader will come away from “Rest in My Shade” with newly inspired awareness…
Successful Washington DC book celebration
On International Women’s Day, a lovely book celebration with friends, music and food in Washington DC organized by the Palestine Museum US.
Book Riot calls “Rest in My Shade” a “category-defying” book
https://bookriot.com/2019/03/07/nora-lester-murad-and-danna-masad-interview/
WESPAC book discussion
On March 4, 2019, a lovely group of Westchester County citizen activists gathered to hear a reading of “Rest in My Shade,” and to discuss the issues of displacement that it addresses.
Geneva Book Launch Events
A seminar and book launch was held on Monday, February 13, “Reframing the ‘displacement’ narrative” in the meeting room at rue de Varembe 1-3 Geneva. On Tuesday, February 14, a private luncheon was held at Restaurant Vieux-Bois in Geneva to launch “Rest in My Shade” to the international community. The events were run by Beris Gwynne of Incitare (https://www.linkedin.com/in/beris-gwynne-38962810/ or…
Book Launch at Palestine Museum US in Connecticut
The Palestine Museum US in Connecticut launched, “Rest in My Shade” to a group of friends and supporters followed by a book signing. A few weeks later, a book event was held at a restaurant in Manhattan.
Jennifer Lentfer of How Matters on Rest In My Shade
Jennifer Lentfer of How Matters reviewed Rest In My Shade! “I am about as rooted as they come – the great great great great granddaughter of German immigrant farmers on the Great Plains, where I grew up. Fresh out of college, I chose to uproot myself to become an international aid worker. Make no mistake. Severing from my home was so, so…
Rest In My Shade on Jewish Voice for Peace’s culture hub, GrayLit
Check out Jewish Voice for Peace’s fantastic new culture hub, GrayLit. GrayLit “strives to contribute to an emergent culture shift happening at the intersections of Palestinian and Jewish histories, via critical thought and art in connection to interdependent movements for justice.” In GrayLit’s first wave of publications, it featured Rest In My Shade. Fouad Agbaria, Olive Tree Field “In this historic moment…