Midnight on the Mavi Marmara: The Attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and How It Changed the Course of the Israel / Palestine Conflict - Moustafa Bayoumi - Books - Haymarket Books - 9781608461219 - October 12, 2010
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Midnight on the Mavi Marmara: The Attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and How It Changed the Course of the Israel / Palestine Conflict

Moustafa Bayoumi

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Midnight on the Mavi Marmara: The Attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and How It Changed the Course of the Israel / Palestine Conflict

The definitive account and overview of the attack on the Mavi Marmara freedom flotilla by the state of Israel.


Marc Notes: Originally published: New York: OR Books.; Includes bibliographical references. Review Quotes: "This event had shocked the conscience of much of the world and that it needed to be understood with testimony, context, and analysis, things a book can provide perhaps better than any other medium."--Editor Mustafa Bayoumi, interviewed in the "Chronicle of Higher Education""A retelling of the attack by eyewitnesses, and analysis of the blockade and the conflict in the region."--"New York Times"Biographical Note: Moustafa Bayoumi: Mustafa Bayoumi is an associate professor of English at Brooklyn College, the City University of New York. He is co-editor of "The Edward Said Reader" and the author of the American Book Award-winning "How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America" (Penguin, 2008) Publisher Marketing:"We have been attacked while in international waters. That means the Israelis have behaved like pirates. . . . The moment they start to steer this ship towards Israel, we have also been kidnapped. The whole action is illegal."--Henning Mankell, aboard the Gaza Freedom FlotillaAt 4:30 AM on Monday, May 31, 2010, Israeli commandos, boarding from sea and air, attacked the six boats of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla as it sailed through international waters attempting to bring humanitarian relief to the beleaguered Palestinians of Gaza. Within minutes, nine peace activists were dead, shot by the Israelis. Scores of others were injured. Within hours, outrage at Israel's action echoed around the world. Spontaneous demonstrations occurred in Europe, the United States, Turkey, and Gaza itself to denounce the attack. Turkey's prime minister described it as a "bloody massacre" and "state terrorism."In these pages, a range of activists, journalists, and analysts piece together the events that occurred that May night. Mixing together first-hand testimony and documentary record with hard-headed analysis and historical overview, "Midnight on the Mavi Marmara" reveals why the attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla may just turn out to be Israel's Selma, Alabama moment: the beginning of the end for an apartheid Palestine. Moustafa Bayoumi is an associate professor of English at Brooklyn College, the City University of New York. He is co-editor of "The Edward Said Reader" and the author of the American Book Award-winning "How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America."

Contributor Bio:  Bayoumi, Moustafa Moustafa Bayoumiis the author of How Does It Feel To Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America, which won an American Book Award and the Arab American Book Award for Nonfiction. He is the editor of Midnight on the Mavi Marmara and co-editor of The Edward Said Reader. He is Professor of English at Brooklyn College, City University of New York (CUNY).

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Released October 12, 2010
ISBN13 9781608461219
Publishers Haymarket Books
Genre Cultural Region > Middle East
Pages 280
Dimensions 139 × 215 × 19 mm   ·   382 g
Editor Bayoumi, Moustafa

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