The Last Earth

'A masterpiece of history' — Counterpunch

'In the finest tradition of people's history, these sensitive, painful and evocative pieces provide a human face to the painful saga of Palestinian torment ... Remarkable' — Noam Chomsky

'Saturated with the fears, joys, suffering, and triumphs of the human spirit ... must be read and shared' — Mondoweiss

'A must read'  — Salman Abu Sitta, author of Mapping my Return 

'Engaging, unforgettable, complex and unique' — Baronesse Jenny Tonge

Spanning decades and encompassing war, mass exodus, epic migrations and the search for individual and collective identity, The Last Earth tells the story of modern Palestine through the memories of those who have lived it.

Ordinary Palestinians have rarely narrated their own history. In this groundbreaking book, acclaimed author Ramzy Baroud draws on dozens of interviews to produce vivid, intimate and beautifully written accounts of Palestinian lives — in villages, refugee camps, prisons and cities, in the lands of their ancestors and in exile.

Baroud's empathetic and lyrical approach reveals new human dimensions of the Palestinian saga, telling it as it has never before been told. Against dominant narratives, the last earth reclaims Palestine's past — and present — for all its people.

Ramzy Baroud is a journalist, media consultant, author and editor of the Palestine Chronicle. He is a Non-Resident Scholar at Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, University of California Santa Barbara. He is the author of My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story (Pluto, 2009), among others books.