RARE collection of papers on ambiguity, and temporal/spatial profundity of the Palestinian landscape, delivered at the Fifth International Conference that took place November 12-15, 1998 at Birzeit University. The book is divided into nine parts: Prologue, Continuity and Change, Exile, 1948 and After, Power, Maps and Travels, Art and Cinema, Archaeology, and Epilogue. The Prologue titled `Palestine: Memory, Invention and Space` was written by Edward W. Said; other authors include Malcolm Wagstaff, Stephen Philip Gasteyer; Glenn Bowman, Garay Menicucci, Ghazi Felah, Mark LeVine, Roger Heacock, Nabil I.Matar, Dominique Eddé, Lynne D.Rogers, Samia A.Halaby, Karl Sabbagh, Ghattas J.Sayej, Joanne Clarke & Louise Steel, and W.J.T.Mitchell. 225x155mm. XVIII+268 pages. Illustrated Softcover. Cover rubbed. Front cover fore edges and corners wrinkled. Spine upper edge cracked. Pre-title whitepage fore edge slightly wrinkled. Text block edges slightly dirty. Front inner cover slightly loose. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book, of vital importance to any serious scholar of Arab–Israeli conflict, is in good condition.