Yusif Sayigh Dr Carol C. BaskinAn acclaimed economist and lifelong Palestinian nationalist Yusif Sayigh (1916 2004) came of age at a time of immense political change in the Middle East. Born in al Bassa, near Acre in northern Palestine, he was witness to the events that led to the loss of Palestine and his memoir therefore constitutes a vivid social history of the region, as well as a revealing firsthand account of the Palestinian national movement almost from its earliest
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