In a Land of Aid Essays on the Palestinian Condition

"A kaleidoscopic exploration of the ways humanitarianism is embraced in the service of healing and hurting, emancipating and oppressing, enduring and diminishing Palestinian life. Sa'ed Atshan brilliantly makes legible the immense challenges Palestinians face as they attempt to make sense of this complex prism that is supposed to do good, yet also causes profound moral injury." -Nadya Hajj, author of Networked Refugees: Palestinian Reciprocity and Remittances in the Digital Age

"In this series of heartfelt essays, Sa'ed Atshan resolutely confronts the ongoing agony of Palestine and the limits of humanitarianism. Combining recent scholarship with a deeply personal perspective, he advocates for peace amid a continuing struggle for justice." -Peter Redfield, author of Life in Crisis: The Ethical Journey of Doctors Without Borders

"A remarkable and deeply moving book. Sa'ed Atshan intertwines lived experience with incisive analysis, exposing the contradictions of humanitarian aid while affirming the dignity, resilience, and humanity of Palestinians facing ongoing occupation and identity erasure." -Karam Dana, author of To Stand with Palestine: Transnational Resistance and Political Evolution in the United States

"While honoring the work of global and local humanitarians, Sa'ed Atshan bears vivid witness to Palestinian life under violent colonial rule. A masterful account of the Palestinian condition-immensely powerful, brilliant, and stunning-this book should be read by all." -Marcia C. Inhorn, author of The New Arab Man: Emergent Masculinities, Technologies, and Islam in the Middle East

"This innovative, eloquent book is a must-read for anyone seeking to learn about humanitarianism in Palestine-or anywhere else. Sa'ed Atshan writes with a deeply compelling sense of connection, and a hopeful voice that grapples sincerely with the weight of these devastating times." -Amahl Bishara, author of Crossing a Line: Law, Violence, and Roadblocks to Palestinian Political Expression

"In a time of disappearance of the tragic doom of Palestinians from public attention and international agenda, In a Land of Aid is an urgent reading. A thorough reflection on the necessity and predicament of humanitarianism, it resists the present ethical collapse in the face of the erasure of a people." -Didier Fassin, author of Moral Abdication: How the World Failed to Stop the Destruction of Gaza

"Sa'ed Atshan reimagines what a better future could be in the context of what today seems so remote: a more hopeful Middle East. With powerful examples, he illustrates how humanitarianism for Palestinians can be reformed and redirected. An important and inspiring book!" -Arthur Kleinman, author of The Soul of Care: The Moral Education of a Husband and a Doctor

"At a moment when humanitarianism is used to camouflage genocide and crimes against humanity, Sa'ed Atshan's precise, delicate, intimate, layered, and profound ethnographic and analytic prose illuminates paradoxes of humanitarianism in Palestine and beyond. A required read." -Atalia Omer, author of Days of Awe: Reimagining Jewishness in Solidarity with Palestinians