Sumaya Farhat-Naser: Daughter of the Olive Trees A Palestinian Woman's Struggle for Peace Sumaya Farhat-Naser is already well-known to the general public in the German-speaking world as an ambassadress of the Palestinian cause and a witness to the bitter reality of occupation in her country. In the story of her life, Thymian und Steine (Thyme and Stones; 1995), she described her road to emancipation within a patriarchal society, her studies and the opening up of her horizons in Germany, and the beginning of her work with women and in the cause of peace after her return home to Occupied Palestine. This book, Daughter of the Olive Trees, was written in a context of escalating violence and an increasing lack of prospects. It portrays the crushing experiences of the Palestinians in the shadow of the so-called peace process and provides insight into Palestinian society, its political and social structures and the problems of its leadership. It gives an insider’s account of the work for peace undertaken by Palestinian and Israeli women, documents ambitious dialogues and conflictual discussions, and analyses myths of history and the perception of them on both sides. The author has thus created a unique picture of the every-day efforts to achieve peace and justice, which the media overlook. These efforts create the tissue of relations upon which political and social communication and rapprochement will one day depend. --- Translated from the German by Hilary Kilpatrick 220 pages, br. CHF 29.80/ EUR 15.50 > Zurück