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Against the Wall: The Art of Resistance in Palestine

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Book details

  1. Print length
    192 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Pluto Press
  4. Publication date
    10 Jun. 2010
  5. Dimensions
    19.4 x 1.1 x 25.9 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0745329179
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0745329178
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This stunning book of photos captures the graffiti and art that has transformed Israel's wall into a living canvas of resistance and solidarity.

Featuring the work of artists including Banksy, Ron English, Blu and others, as well as Palestinian artists and activists, these photos express outrage, compassion, and touching humour. They illustrate the wall's toll on lives and livelihoods, showing the hardship it has brought to tens of thousands of people, preventing their access to work, education and vital medical care.

Mixed with the photos are portraits and vignettes, offering a heartfelt and inspiring account of a people determined to uphold their dignity in the face of profound injustice.

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This is a remarkable and deeply human book documenting a vast and ultimately self-defeating act of injustice. Perhaps more importantly, it records a growing series of creative and flexible responses to that injustice an international unity of intent which steps outside the sterile and appalling logic of asymmetric warfare. It is an angry, funny, determined reminder that Nothing Lasts Forever. --A L Kennedy, writer and comedian

William Parry s Against the Wall is a singular achievement both a stunning photographic essay of how Israel s concrete wall has cut into Palestinian land and strangled whole communities and a powerful visual record of how local and international graffiti artists have battered it with their only weapons, paint and spray can. Thumbing through these pages, I could taste the occupation all over again. --Joe Sacco, Political cartoonist

The wall stands as a dreadful symbol of oppression. The spirit of resistance may be strong but Palestinians need international support. I hope this book makes that more likely. --Ken Loach

About the Author

William Parry is a London-based freelance journalist and photographer who has published in the Guardian, the Independent and elsewhere. He is the author of Against the Wall: The Art of Resistance in Palestine (Pluto, 2010).

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  • Richard Sheldon
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    Art conquers all
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 April 2013
    Moving account of the real lives of the people of a troubled region. Humanity shines through the politics. Compelling reading.

    Brilliant pictures. Nearly as good as seeing it all in the flesh.
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  • Clandestina
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    Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 January 2018
    Powerful book about a morally and politically calamitous situation.
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  • Badger One
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    Eye-Opener!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 August 2010
    This is truly an exceptional piece of work and one which I highly recommended to any individual. The saying goes `a picture speaks a thousand words', and it could not be more apt with regards to this piece of photojournalism. William Parry's book is a... See more
    This is truly an exceptional piece of work and one which I highly recommended to any individual.

    The saying goes `a picture speaks a thousand words', and it could not be more apt with regards to this piece of photojournalism. William Parry's book is a collection of images from the Wall which was first built by the Israelis in 2005 to divide Israel from Palestine and continues to grow to this day. The wall has become a Mecca for resistance art, with contributions from around the world journeying to Palestine to express their anger at its construction and illegality, using their talents to express their feelings. This book shows some of these provocative, intelligent, funny and heartfelt images (amongst them, the world's longest letter....literally) that are scattered all along the Wall, and shows Palestinian and World art united in a cause of condemnation.

    Additionally, the book has images and stories of how the Wall has affected the everyday lives of ordinary Palestinians, and some of the struggles the Wall has caused to their lives.

    This book is truly eye-opening.
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  • The Judge
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    Protesting peacefully against the Apartheid Wall and State
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 August 2010
    It's not just Banksy, hundreds of people, artists and non-artists, are writing their messages in support of the occupied and oppressed Palestinians on the Apartheid Wall that Israel has built through their land and around their towns and villages. The official Israeli... See more
    It's not just Banksy, hundreds of people, artists and non-artists, are writing their messages in support of the occupied and oppressed Palestinians on the Apartheid Wall that Israel has built through their land and around their towns and villages. The official Israeli name for it is the Separation Wall; Separation is what Apartheid means.
    Their efforts have been fully and beautifully recorded in the book, 'Against the Wall: the art of resistance in Palestine' authored by William Parry, who descibes himself as "a person, an American, a world citizen.".
    The photographs are supplemented by a careful, calm explanation and commentary. The Foreword starts "The thing about a wall is that people tend to see only one side of it, the side they are on." This book brings the other side over to us, showing all the humanity, the humour, and pain that the Wall and occupation are causing. A must see
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  • Amazon Customer
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    Against the wall
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 September 2010
    It's different from what i thought. Probably i was expecting more pictures and less articles about palestinian condition.
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  • King Kong
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    Simply stunning
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 July 2010
    This is a fantastic and moving book. I understand that this is the first book from the author and I hope it is not the last. The writer introduces the reader to the fascinating graffiti surrounding the wall in the occupied Palestinian territory before expertly... See more
    This is a fantastic and moving book. I understand that this is the first book from the author and I hope it is not the last.

    The writer introduces the reader to the fascinating graffiti surrounding the wall in the occupied Palestinian territory before expertly moving on to the many touching and terrible stories surrounding the people who have to live within the illegal shadow of the wall.

    The book is humorous yet serious, thought provoking yet simple to read. Perhaps the best thing about the book is how well the writer portrays through photo and words the resilience and doggedness of the occupied Palestinians. Which the graffiti artists seem to have noticed as well.
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  • Pam Parsons
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    Just Excellent
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 November 2010
    An excellent book in all ways. The photos of the graffiti on the Separation Wall are superb (many have captured different art works at their peak). The text sets the graffiti in context and gives a very human picture of life in Palestine in the Wall's shadow. Buy... See more
    An excellent book in all ways. The photos of the graffiti on the Separation Wall are superb (many have captured different art works at their peak). The text sets the graffiti in context and gives a very human picture of life in Palestine in the Wall's shadow.
    Buy it for any Banksy (or other graffiti artist) fan. They will love the art work, and also learn a lot about Palestine in the process.
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  • Cliente Amazon
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    Documentato un bellissimo progetto
    Reviewed in Italy on 27 March 2016
    Molto bello, peccato manchi un po' di testo sugli interventi, sarebbe stato perfetto. Ma è un'ottima documentazione fotografica sul progetto
    Molto bello, peccato manchi un po' di testo sugli interventi, sarebbe stato perfetto. Ma è un'ottima documentazione fotografica sul progetto

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    Pictures say a thousand words
    Reviewed in the United States on 5 September 2013
    The author of this book compiles pictures by photographers and cartoonists of the graffiti on the "separation wall" between Israel and Palestinians. His commentary on these pictures furthers ones understanding of the gross injustice being done to the Palestinians by...See more
    The author of this book compiles pictures by photographers and cartoonists of the graffiti on the "separation wall" between Israel and Palestinians. His commentary on these pictures furthers ones understanding of the gross injustice being done to the Palestinians by this wall, which is in fact, not for security, but for the purpose of absorbing more and more Palestinian land.
    The author of this book compiles pictures by photographers and cartoonists of the graffiti on the "separation wall" between Israel and Palestinians. His commentary on these pictures furthers ones understanding of the gross injustice being done to the Palestinians by this wall, which is in fact, not for security, but for the purpose of absorbing more and more Palestinian land.

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  • DarEll T. Weist
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    Great visual essay on an injustice
    Reviewed in the United States on 20 January 2011
    The thing which is surprising is the non-violent resistance in the form of art which appears on the Separation Wall. The book is visually stunning
    The thing which is surprising is the non-violent resistance in the form of art which appears on the Separation Wall. The book is visually stunning

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    Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on 17 November 2015
    I love this book so so much.
    I love this book so so much.

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