Side by Side: Parallel Histories of Israel-Palestine by Sāmī ʻAbd al-Razzāq ʻAdwān

Side by Side: Parallel Histories of Israel-Palestine by Sāmī ʻAbd al-Razzāq ʻAdwān

“The battle lines of the Israel-Palestinian conflict extend to the classroom...Now, two university professors aim to change the way the conflict is taught by exposing Palestinian students to Israeli history lessons and Israeli students to the Palestinian version of history.” —USA Today

A groundbreaking "dual narrative" history of Israel and Palestine, Side by Side offers a new paradigm for understanding conflict and an inspiring approach to finding a bridge to peace in the Middle East.

A New Paradigm for Peace

Over twenty years ago, a group of Israeli and Palestinian teachers began to explore how a new understanding of history could "disarm" the teaching of Middle East history in their classrooms. The result is a riveting and unprecedented “dual narrative” which places the history of two peoples in separate narratives set literally side by side. Translated into English from Arabic and Hebrew, this unique and fascinating format allows readers to track each history against the other, noting where they differ and where they correspond. It’s a compelling way to consider and process the very different viewpoints and logic of each side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and to open up new kinds of dialogue in an increasingly hostile climate.