{"product_id":"a-very-short-history-of-gaza-by-ilan-pappe-9781836433828","title":"A Very Short History of Gaza","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, Gaza lies in ruins after a genocide perpetrated before our eyes. Over 80% of its buildings have been destroyed, and its people have suffered the worst horrors imaginable. For over twenty years, it has been an open-air prison.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut once, Gaza was an integral part of the Arab and Eastern Mediterranean world, where merchants traded their goods, and intellectual and religious life flourished across all three Abrahamic faiths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEmpires as diverse as the Persians, Romans, Mamluks and Ottomans vied to control it – and its silks, fruits and wines were renowned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Very Short History of Gaza\u003c\/em\u003e by Ilan Pappe tells the story of Gaza from Roman rule to the present, revealing the indomitable spirit of Gaza’s people and the possibility for a more just future in a free Palestine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48334190543084,"sku":"9781836433828","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781836433828-a-very-short-history-of-gaza-1.jpg?v=1788913152","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/a-very-short-history-of-gaza-by-ilan-pappe-9781836433828","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}