{"product_id":"the-difference-between-bullets-and-stones-palestine-in-words-and-images-by-by-mosab-abu-toha-with-photographs-by-michael-christopher-brown","title":"The Difference between Bullets and Stones: Palestine in Words and Images by by Mosab Abu Toha with photographs by Michael Christopher Brown","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRelease date: December 1, 2026\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e---\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA stunning, heartfelt, and inspiring collection of photographs, poems, and stories capturing the spirit and resilience of a people.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Difference between Bullets and Stones\u003c\/em\u003e is a collaboration between Pulitzer Prize-winning Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha and award-winning American photographer Michael Christopher Brown, with foreword by acclaimed photographer and activist Misan Harriman. The book unites Mosab’s poems from Gaza with Michael’s photographs from the West Bank and Jerusalem, illuminating the grief, resilience, and vitality of Palestinian life: “Those living through siege, dispossession, and the weight of generational memory,” says Mosab Abu Toha. “The book humanizes lives too often reduced to headlines, illuminating the deeper emotional and spiritual story of a people who continue to survive, create, and dream of freedom.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt its core, the book seeks not to shock, but to invite recognition: here are people, their routines, their grief, their courage. “It is not straight journalism,” says Michael Christopher Brown, “but neither is it pure poetry. It is a hybrid, where images and words together share human truths.” With Mosab Abu Toha’s poems and close to two hundred photographs, \u003cem\u003eThe Difference between Bullets and Stones\u003c\/em\u003e is a fitting tribute to Palestinian resistance and the people’s quest for freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMosab Abu Toha\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Palestinian poet, short-story writer, and essayist from Gaza. His first collection of poetry, \u003cem\u003eThings You May Find Hidden in My Ear\u003c\/em\u003e, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and won the Palestine Book Award, the American Book Award, and the Walcott Poetry Prize. His second collection, \u003cem\u003eForest of Noise\u003c\/em\u003e, was a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book, a New Yorker Best Book \u0026amp; Essential Read of 2024, and a Library Journal Best Book of Poetry. Abu Toha is also the founder of the Edward Said Library in Gaza, which he hopes to rebuild. He recently won an Overseas Press Club Award, a James Beard Award, and a Pulitzer Prize in Commentary for his essays on Gaza in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Booktique","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46129548853308,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/4879\/8012\/files\/the-difference-between-bullets-and-stones-9781623715311_hr.jpg?v=1788652573","url":"https:\/\/www.booktique.ca\/products\/the-difference-between-bullets-and-stones-palestine-in-words-and-images-by-by-mosab-abu-toha-with-photographs-by-michael-christopher-brown","provider":"Booktique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}