Israeli storyteller Noa Baum will present a one-woman performance of Israeli and Palestinian women’s stories called “A Land Twice Promised” at 7:30 pm on Wed., Mar. 10, in the Hamilton Center (James R. Connor University Center). Free and open to the public!
You can see an excerpt on YouTube:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoZw0mEI4YI[/youtube]
Andersen Library has materials on women in Palestine and Israel. Search the HALCat online catalog to find books such as Women in Israel: A state of their own (3rd-floor Main Collection, HQ1728.5 .H35 2004) and Women and the politics of military confrontation: Palestinian and Israeli gendered narratives of dislocation (3rd-floor Main Collection, HQ1728.7 .W65 2002).
Search article databases to find articles such as “Challenging injustice: A decision every human can make” (Cross Currents, Summer 2008, vol.58:no.2, pp. 282-301), which discusses using life story to develop understanding between Israeli Jews and Arabs, and “What is your story? The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in recent women’s documentaries” (Third Text, May 2006, vol.20:no.3/4, pp. 475-486).
Please ask a librarian for assistance with finding materials.