{"product_id":"all-that-remains-walid-khalidi-palestinian-villages","title":"All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAll That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Walid Khalidi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll That Remains\u003c\/em\u003e is a landmark reference work documenting the history and fate of \u003cstrong\u003emore than 400 Palestinian villages destroyed or depopulated during the 1948 war\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe culmination of nearly six years of research involving more than thirty contributors, this extensively researched volume goes beyond earlier accounts through detailed field research conducted with former Palestinian residents and local guides. The research helped establish the precise locations of village sites and preserve historical information about communities that were displaced and, in many cases, physically erased.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the book are detailed entries devoted to the individual villages. Each entry combines statistical information with historical and descriptive accounts, documenting the village as it existed before 1948, the events surrounding its conquest and depopulation, and the subsequent condition of the site.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pre-1948 sections draw on a wide range of \u003cstrong\u003eArab and Western historical sources\u003c\/strong\u003e to explore each village's history, geography, architecture, institutions, agriculture, and economic life. Accounts of the 1948 military operations draw on both \u003cstrong\u003eIsraeli and Arab sources\u003c\/strong\u003e, while the final sections document the post-1948 status of the village sites, including Israeli settlements established on confiscated village lands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is richly supplemented with \u003cstrong\u003ehundreds of historical photographs, detailed maps, and five appendices\u003c\/strong\u003e, making it an important resource for researchers, students, historians, and anyone seeking to understand Palestinian history and the events surrounding the Nakba.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore than a historical reference, \u003cem\u003eAll That Remains\u003c\/em\u003e serves as an extensive record of \u003cstrong\u003ePalestinian villages, communities, landscapes, and lives that existed before 1948\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWalid Khalidi (1925–2026)\u003c\/strong\u003e was a renowned Palestinian historian and scholar and a co-founder of the Institute for Palestine Studies. 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