Middle East Monitor announces the winners for Palestine Book Awards 2014 in London
This year's Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Dr Salman Abu Sitta, a veteran Palestinian cartographer whose work has been invaluable in the protection of Palestinian memory and history.
"They took our geography - but we memorised it and preserved our history," Abu Sitta said during his acceptance speech.
The 2014 winners are:
General Award: Ali Abunimah -The Battle for Justice in Palestine
Academic Award: Diana Allan - Refugees of the Revolution: Experiences of Exile
Memoir Award: Salim Tamari & Issam Nassar - The Storyteller of Jerusalem: The Life and Times of Wasif Jawhariyyeh
Lifetime Achievement Award: Salman Abu Sitta
Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com