Reporting from Palestine 1943-44 by Barbara Board, edited by Jacqueline Karp.

Barbara Board (1915-1986) was a rare woman foreign correspondent, from the age of 20 she reported from Sudan, Egypt and the Middle East.

Newsgirl in Palestine was published in 1937, her Newsgirl in Egypt followed in 1938. She was later expelled from Egypt. This – her third book – was stopped because of Government war censorship then post-war paper shortages, and has lain forgotten until now.

Reporting from Palestine was written from the front line of the conflict between Jews and Arabs, Zionists and non-Zionists and Jews and the British Mandate Government. Barbara Board was there when the bombs went off, reporting mainly for the Daily Mirror.

Barbara Board interviewed everyone she could find – supporters and opponents of the Jewish underground armies, Arab landlords and peasants, Armenian and Christian minorities, refugees and British servicemen. Reporting from Palestine is a period piece, written at the time and representing the views of people at the time, without the dubious benefit of hindsight. The book is edited for the modern reader by Jacqueline Karp.

Reporting from Palestine is available to order from bookshops, or by secure credit card on www.fiveleaves.co.uk
978-1905512324, 288 pages, £9.99

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