Mark Sanagan <br/><br/>
Lightning through the Clouds:  'Izz al-Din al-Qassam and the Making of the Modern Middle East 

 - xiii, 252 p.,  ill., maps;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-242) and index. 
<br/><br/>The guide -- The city of a thousand minarets -- The soldier shaykh -- Exile to Haifa -- Workers and villagers -- The tip of the thread -- Nahalal, -- With the Qurʼan as a passport -- Memorial 
<br/><br/> "This social biography of 'Izz al-Din al-Qassam, a preacher, soldier, and anti-colonial rebel who became a symbol of Palestinian nationalism after his death in 1935, examines his struggles against the Italians in Libya, the French in Syria, and the British and Israel in Palestine, as well as his legacy as understood by pro-Arab forces such as Hamas and more broadly in the region"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781477320563 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>'Izz al-Din al-Qassam--1882-1935
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Harakat al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyah<br/>Kata'ib 'Izz al-Din al-Qassam
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Revolutionaries--Palestine--Biography<br/>Jewish-Arab relations--History--1917-1948--Biography<br/>Palestinian Arabs--Biography
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Palestine--History--1917-1948<br/>Syria--History--French occupation, 1918-1946--Biography