Book by Nahla Abdo and Nur Masalha collects and analyzes oral testimonies from Palestinian survivors of the 1948 Nakba, foregrounding survivor voices as a critical source of historical knowledge alongside archival and documentary evidence. Contributors examine methodological questions about oral history and memory alongside thematic accounts of village life before 1948, the violence and fear of expulsion, and life in refugee camps. An important methodological and substantive contribution to Nakba historiography. Essential for researchers working on oral history methodology and Nakba documentation, and for scholars studying Palestinian survivor testimony as a form of historical knowledge and political witness.
