"The Women's Voices from Gaza series is exceptional, offering insights into modern Gaza's social history. It will attract a wide readership in Palestine studies and gender studies, as well as individuals interested in the Palestine question." Rema Hammami, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Birzeit University "What an extraordinary project! We don't hear enough from Gaza. Through the oral histories of Palestinian women who have lived, witnessed, and built lives and futures for their families and communities--in the face of devastating force and continuing injustices--we learn Palestinian History through the intimate daily ways individuals have lived and made it." Lila Abu-Lughod, Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science, Columbia University "Gaza City is one of the most ancient cultural centres on the Mediterranean, and its people have long been a backbone of the Palestinian national movement. How Gazan women describe their lives under continual siege and military attack reveals their capacity for bearing hardship and undertaking initiatives in the public sphere. Ghada Ageel, a Gazan, and Barbara Bill have ably used oral history to bring readers the lived reality of women of different backgrounds, ages, and occupations.

" Rosemary Sayigh, anthropologist and oral historian.