11 Books and Films About Israel and Palestine, Recommended by Scholars

"Salt Houses" by Hala Alyan chronicles three generations of a Palestinian family displaced after the 1967 War, in which Israel gained territory four times its original size. Described as lyrical and heartbreaking, the novel charts the Palestinian diaspora in Kuwait, Paris, the US, and beyond. It's the winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the Arab American Book Award.

— As recommended by Shayna Weiss and Yara M. Asi