In Spring 2025, Just World Books is re-issuing– for, in the first instance, North American readers*– the Gaza-set mystery novel Vanished: The Mysterious Disappearance of Mustafa Ouda, by Palestinian-British wrter …
In Defense of Understanding
(A media release issued jointly by OR Books and Just World Ed, Sept. 27, 2024.) New York City, September 27, 2024– Earlier this week, Diesel bookstore in Brentwood, California announced …
#GazaGenocide – Farming and the Land of Palestine
In the heart of the Gaza Strip, where generations have tilled the land, Asmaa AbuMezied’s connection to agriculture runs deep. Now based in New York, Asmaa is a Palestinian agricultural …
Gaza’s destroyed food system: Our great documentary resources
The news about the destruction and ecocide of all parts of the food system in Gaza, Palestine continues. The World Food Program reported yesterday that, “WFP’s main warehouse in Rafah …
Refaat Alareer’s legacy lives on, multiplies
The tributes have been proliferating everywhere to the memory and legacy of our friend Dr. Refaat Alareer, murdered by Israel on December 7 in Gaza, along with six of his …
Israel has killed Dr. Refaat Alareer, impactful teacher, writer, activist
We are sad to report that on the evening of December 6, the Israeli military killed our friend Dr. Refaat Alareer in northern Gaza, in what was apparently a targeted …
Remembering Roshdi Sarraj’s powerful legacy
We were very sorry to learn about the death, on October 22, of Roshdi Sarraj, a brilliant Gaza-Palestinian film-maker who did a number of projects for Just World Books and …
The charge that ‘Palestine Writes Festival’ is antisemitic is baseless
by Alice Rothchild, MD We are proud to repost here this commentary that our board member Alice Rothchild initially published yesterday on Mondoweiss. She will be reading from her young …
Dan Ellsberg: The Moral Giant and the Man
Two Just World Ed board members, Richard Falk and Nora Barrows-Friedman each had lengthy relationships with the heroic, recently deceased whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg– relationships that were both political and personal. …
Daniel Ellsberg: An American Hero
by Richard Falk We are pleased to crosspost this piece from JWE Board Member and International Jurist Richard Falk’s blog, Global Justice in the 21st Century. Points of Departure Daniel Ellsberg’s death like …