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Issue: Palestine #[2]
Publication Date: January 1996
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Issues: #[2] of 2 Issues
Title: In the Gaza Strip
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Brand: Fantagraphics BooksView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 152
ISBN: 15609730059781560973003
UPC/EAN: 978156097300351695
Price: $23.95 CAD
$16.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 36 (24 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Kim Thompson
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: Color Covers, Black & White Interiors
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Binding: Softcover
Publishing Format: Collected Edition
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Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in 2 other Issues:
FlagPalestina #[nn] published January 2013
FlagGraphic Journalism #8 published June 2013
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Palestine: In the Gaza Strip

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Introduction

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Chapter One

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Refugeeland

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Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Joe Sacco; Teacher; Deaf Kid
Synopsis: Sacco tours a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip and sees some shocking poverty.
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From Content Item: FlagPalestine #6 published April 1994
was Refugeeland [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Dated December 1993
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Rooms

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Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Joe Sacco; Larry; Masud; Ibrahim; Ammar
Synopsis: In Gaza's Nuseirat Camp, Sacco visits a roofless house and talks to several people.
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From Content Item: FlagPalestine #6 published April 1994
was Rooms [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Disclose Notes: Dated December 1993- January 1994
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Law

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Ammar; Joe Sacco; Larry; Lawyer
Synopsis: Sacco talks to an Islamic lawyer who is defending an honor killing. One man sitting nearby asks Sacco several tough questions, including what good will his writings about Palestine do.
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From Content Item: FlagPalestine #6 published April 1994
was Law [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Disclose Notes: Dated January-March 1994
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Black Coffee

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Ammar; Larry; Joe Sacco; Ammar's Uncle
Synopsis: Sacco talks to Ammar's uncle, who was a Palestinian refugee from 1948.
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was Black Coffee [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Sons of the Curfew

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Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Ibrahim; Ammar; Joe Sacco
Synopsis: Ibrahim talks about his son and is offended by the illustration of a Palestinian in Sacco's guide book.
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From Content Item: FlagPalestine #6 published April 1994
was Sons of the Curfew [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Tomatoes

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Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Ibrahim; Masud; Ammar; Joe Sacco; The Cousin
Synopsis: Sacco visits a desk factory and meets with some tomato farmers.
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was Tomatoes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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One Shekel to Gaza Town

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Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Joe Sacco; Ammar
Synopsis: Sacco, who is leaving the camp, gets his taxi fare paid by Ammar.
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was One Shekel to Gaza Town [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Edward Said

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Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Larry; Joe Sacco
Synopsis: Sacco spends the night at Larry's place in Gaza Town.
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Chapter Two

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Jabalia

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Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Joe Sacco; Sameh; Old Man; Old Woman
Synopsis: Sameh is the perfect host for Sacco as he gives him an intensive tour of the Jabalia refugee camp.
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From Content Item: FlagPalestine #7 published September 1994
was Jabalia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Dated April-May 1994
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The Boys, part one

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Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Mohammed; Husein; Joe Sacco
Synopsis: Mohamed and Husein retrace for Joe the route the mourners took that marked the beginning of the first intifada in 1987.
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From Content Item: FlagPalestine #7 published September 1994
was The Boys, part one [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Boys, part two

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Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Mohammed; Husein; Joe Sacco; Sameh
Synopsis: Mohamed and Husein relate what changed for them in the first few days of the intifada.
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was The Boys, part two [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Boys, part three

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Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Firas; Joe Sacco; Sameh
Synopsis: Firas, a fifteen year old, details how he got involved with the “Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine” resistance group, and what he experienced after that.
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was The Boys, part three [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Boys, part four

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Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Rifat; Joe Sacco; YMCA Program Head
Synopsis: Sacco interviews a seventeen-year-old who was shot by men in Arabic dress. A YMCA program head wonders how the large number of injured youth in Gaza can be integrated into society.
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From Content Item: FlagPalestine #7 published September 1994
was The Boys, part four [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Handicapped

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Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Sameh; Joe Sacco
Synopsis: Sameh details the serious obstacles in developing programs for the handicapped in Gaza.
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Rewind

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Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Sameh; Joe Sacco; Sameh's Friend; Sameh's Brother
Synopsis: Sameh and Joe get hold of a forbidden video that shows amateur footage of the intifada. They wind up going home past curfew on foot.
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was Rewind [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Disclose Notes: Dated August 1994
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Chapter Three

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Pilgrimage

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Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Joe Sacco; Sameh; Refugee from 1948; Sameh's Mother; Sameh's Brother; Sameh's Nephew; Sameh's Niece; Yousef; Woman in Refugee Camp; Basel; Ahmed
Synopsis: Sameh and Joe visit the grave of the first person killed in the intifada. They then interview a refugee from 1948 who experienced firsthand the Jewish atrocities. Later, they spend the evening with Sameh's family. The following day, they talk to a woman who had two sons shot dead by Israeli soldiers. Finally, in Rafah, a family details how they were displaced after Egypt and Israel signed the peace agreement and redrew the border.
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From Content Item: FlagPalestine #8 published March 1995
was Pilgrimage [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 33
Disclose Notes: Dated September 1994- February 1995
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Chapter Four

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Through Other Eyes

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Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Joe Sacco; Naomi; Paula
Synopsis: Sacco acts as a guide for two Israeli women in the Old City. He manages to convince one of them to walk with him through the Arab market.
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From Content Item: FlagPalestine #9 published October 1995
was Through Other Eyes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Disclose Notes: Dated April-June 1995
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Tel Aviv

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Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Joe Sacco; Naomi; Paula
Synopsis: The two women enjoy the sunny day in Tel Aviv. They give their opinions on the viability of the peace process and express fatigue at Israel having to apologize all the time.
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Disclose Notes: Dated June 1995
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Lucky Reunion

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Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Joe Sacco; Jabril
Synopsis: In Nablus, Sacco encounters Jabril, one of his friends from the Balata refugee camp.
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was Lucky Reunion [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Sugar

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Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Palestinian Nurse; Mother; Joe Sacco
Synopsis: Sacco talks to a woman who has an Australian lover she feels she could never marry.
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From Content Item: FlagPalestine #9 published October 1995
was Sugar [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Disclose Notes: Dated July 1995
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Nablus

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Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Joe Sacco; Taxi Driver
Synopsis: Sacco witnesses Israeli soldiers accost several vendors and apprehend one of them in Nablus.
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From Content Item: FlagPalestine #9 published October 1995
was Nablus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Disclose Notes: Dated June-July 1995
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Roadblock

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Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Mother; “Romeo;” Joe Sacco
Synopsis: Sacco is stuck in a taxi during a roadblock with a screaming baby nearby and fighter-bombers circling overhead.
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From Content Item: FlagPalestine #9 published October 1995
was Roadblock [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Disclose Notes: Dated July 1995
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Jenin

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Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Older Man; Joe Sacco; Older Man's Friend
Synopsis: In Jenin, Sacco talks to a Shakespeare-quoting man who not only is extremely cynical about peace coming from any side in the conflict, but is extremely cynical about the peace process itself.
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From Content Item: FlagPalestine #9 published October 1995
was Jenin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Disclose Notes: Dated August 1995
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A Boy in the Rain

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Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Irishman; Joe Sacco; Jewish Lady; Israeli; Palestinian Boy
Synopsis: Sacco recalls his acquaintance with a religious Oxford student in Jerusalem as well as some conversations he had with others concerning the peace process. The last sequence describes the time he saw some Israeli soldiers make a boy stand out in the pouring rain while they questioned him. This for him sums up the possible future outcomes for peace in the area.
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From Content Item: FlagPalestine #9 published October 1995
was A Boy in the Rain [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Disclose Notes: Dated August 1995
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Synopsis: Back cover promo
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From Content Item: FlagPalestine #9 published October 1995
was [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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