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The Rise and Fall of a Palestinian Dynasty bookcover

Narrative

In The Rise and Fall of a Palestinian Dynasty, Ilan Pappé traced the rise of the Husayni family of Jerusalem, who dominated Palestinian history from the early 1700s until the second half of the twentieth century.
The book shed light on crucial events: the invasion of Palestine by Napoleon, the decline of the Ottoman Empire, World War I, western colonialism, and the advent of Zionism.

References

  1. The Rise and Fall of a Palestinian Dynasty; The Husaynis, 1700–1948