Three mothers and three daughters - stories of Palestinian women

The book "Three Mothers and Three Daughters" offers a glimpse into daily Palestinian life under the Israeli occupation as narrated by Palestinian women from successive generations and different regions of Palestine. It is the result of collaboration between a Muslim woman – Rifaqa Othman – and a Jewish psychotherapist – Michael Gorken – who tried to take the term "daily life" beyond its theoretical framework so that the experiences of these women are not suffocated under the weight of theorization and scientific research. In this book, you will find stories in which the authors successfully combine their theoretical and academic discourse with the most unrestrained and chaotic personal testimonies, as we see the women’s joys from within their lives amidst their homes, and even accompany them in their darkest times, feeling the hardship of their displacement from their homes before they are destroyed or seized by occupation forces. The women we met provide us with a window into many events that marked thresholds in their lives, where attention to the details of daily life reflects the deep belief of the authors that cultural politics begin at the local level and may end at the local level, rather than being directed at the global level.