Edited by Staughton Lynd, Sam Bahour, and Alice Lynd 1994, Olive Branch Press, 99 Seventh Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11215, 305 pgs, maps, index, bibliography. $ 14.95.

Throughout the world, Palestinians have often been viewed through narrow prisms of "terrorists" or "victims". This comprehensive collection of oral histories brings to life generations of Palestinians, those living in the occupied territories as well as those in the far-flung exile of the Palestinian Diaspora. The editors traveled throughout Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to find the multi- generational families living in towns, villages, and refugee camps whose voices resonate in Homeland. These are Palestinians who lost their homes in 1948, who grew up as refugees in Jordan or Lebanon after the dispossessions of 1949 and 1967, women battling for their land as well as their rights, former prisoners, farmers, workers, children and great-grandparents. Homeland poignantly links the people to the land, the attachment to which has created and sustained Palestinian national identity around the world. These are stories of loss, of exile, of remembering.

About the Editors:

Staughton Lynd is a noted US labor historian. His books include "Nonviolence in America" and "Labor Law for the Rank and Filer." Sam Bahour is a Palestinian American from Youngstown, Ohio, and was the national coordinator of Palestinian American youth. He is currently living and working in the West Bank. Alice Lynd edited "We can't go: Personal accounts of War objectors," and with her husband edited "Rank and File: Personal Histories by Working-Class organizers."