{"product_id":"gaza-mom-abridged-edition-paperback","title":"Gaza Mom Abridged Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaila El-Haddad\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaila El-Haddad takes us into the intense life and world of a busy Palestinian journalist who is both covering the story of Gaza and living it, with her young son. She was in Gaza City in 2005, watching hopefully as the Israelis prepared their withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. She covered the January 2006 Palestinian elections--judged 'free and fair' by international monitors. But then, she watched aghast as the Israeli government, backed by the Bush administration, moved in to punish Gaza's 1.5 million people for the way they had voted by throwing a tough siege around the Strip. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Abridged Edition of this earlier work focuses on El-Haddad's writings from within Gaza and on the angst she felt in late 2008, when she worried deeply about the fate of her parents and other relatives trapped inside Gaza during a fierce Israeli attack.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaila El-Haddad\u003c\/b\u003e is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eGaza Unsilenced\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), co-author of the award-winning ethnographic cookbook \u003ci\u003eThe Gaza Kitchen: A Palestinian Culinary Journey\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), and the author of \u003ci\u003eGaza Mom: Palestine, Politics, Parenting, and Everything In Between\u003c\/i\u003e (2010). She is a talented blogger, journalist, political analyst, social activist, and a policy advisor for Al-Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network.Born in Gaza, El-Haddad currently lives in Columbia, Maryland with her husband and their three children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48452375249145,"sku":"9781935982296","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/YQtTYbUFGj9781935982296.webp?v=1779947839","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/gaza-mom-abridged-edition-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}