TPAN

A monthly book club centred on exploring Palestinian literary voices.

This month's book selection: One State: The Only Democratic Future for Palestine-Israel. By Ghada Karmi.

The October book will continue on into November as it is a non-fiction book.

Register by emailing: north.tpan@protonmail.com

When:

Two options are available:

• Friday - 11am-1.00pm – Launceston Library, Level 2, Room 3.
• Saturday - 1.00-3.00pm Neighbourhood Café, Trevallyn.

November dates:

20 & 21 November

Cost: Free, but books sourced at own cost.

Where to get it: 

One State is available at Petrarch’s Bookshop, Launceston or online.

There is a copy available through Libraries Tasmania.

It is also available as an e-book.

About One State: The Only Democratic Future for Palestine-Israel by Ghada Karmi

Genre: non-fiction

Palestine has been under attack for three quarters of a century. The ‘peace process’ that has favoured the two-state solution for more than forty years has now been internationally exposed as masking the expansion of Israel’s apartheid regime.

"The two-state solution has been this mantra that people repeat over and over again. What it is in reality, when you examine it, what you realise, what it's all about is preserving Israel"-Ghada Karmi.

In this book, Karmi powerfully argues that this is the best possible settlement for the Palestinians, including the refugees; imagining a single secular state in historic Palestine, whose inhabitants would all enjoy the same rights.

For more information on One State go to One State: The Only Democratic Future for Palestine-Israel | Ghada Karmi | Book Launch and One State: The Only Democratic Future for Palestine-Israel ; One State - Pluto Press

About Ghada Karmi

A Palestinian activist, academic and writer who was born in Jerusalem but fled during the Nakba to England with her family when she was just nine years old, Ghada Karmi has lived her life in exile. It is this that fuels her activism for Palestinian Liberation and her literary works. Ghada initially trained and practiced as a medical doctor focusing on the health of ethnic minorities and migrants. She later entered academia and became politically active, advocating for a one state solution and authoring several influential books.

Register by emailing: north.tpan@protonmail.com