Stone Men: The Palestinians Who Built Israel

by Andrew Ross

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Winner of the 2019 Palestine Book Awards

"They demolish our houses while we build theirs."

This is how a Palestinian stonemason, in line at a checkpoint outside a Jerusalem suburb, described his life to Andrew Ross. Palestinian "stone men," using some of the best-quality limestone deposits in the world and drawing on generations of artisanal knowledge, have built almost every state in the Middle East except one of their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1788730267
• ISBN13: 9781788730266
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.3"