Tamir Sorek <br/><br/>
The Optimist:  A Social Biography of Tawfiq Zayyad 
Tamir Sorek. 
 - 251 p.,  24 cm 
 - Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures .
 - Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Communism and anticolonialism -- Steadfastness -- Badges of modernity -- In the crossfire -- Municipal struggles -- National leadership -- Children in the battlefield -- A secular holy warrior -- A spoke in the wheel of history -- Oslo : the sky is the limit 
<br/><br/> "A biography of Tawfiq Zayyad (1929-1994), noted Palestinian nationalist poet, activist, mayor of Nazareth, and member of the Israeli Knesset. Zayyad protested against the Israeli military rule (1948-66) and the occupation of Palestinian territories after 1967, but he also remained a committed advocate for the two-state solution. His life opens a window into the experiences of the '48 Palestinians and Arab-Palestinian nationalism, and to many of the key events of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the 20th century (notably, the creation of the state of Israel, the 1948 war, the 1967 war, the first intifada, and the Oslo Accords)"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Tawfiq Zayyad
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Politicians--Palestine--Biography<br/>Nationalists--Palestine--Biography<br/>Palestinian Arab poets--Biography<br/>Arab-Israeli conflict--History--20th century
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Palestine--Politics and government--1948-