Halban Publishers

17/03/2025

Our online shop is now live! Selected titles are now available from our website (www.halbanpublishers.com/store).

31/10/2024

Fantastic review of Tim Benson's "delightful and informative" forthcoming book, 'Drawn to the Promised Land: A Cartoon History of Britain, Palestine and the Jews' - coming 28 November 2024.
The Jewish News

Sometimes the great political cartoonists can create, in a simple drawing and caption, the most intelligent commentary on the issue of the day. Such cartoons are often funny - to the same degree as they are savage - and get to the essence of a gaffe more speedily than the thousands of words accompan...

25/07/2024

Coming 28 November 2024
DRAWN TO THE PROMISED LAND
A CARTOON HISTORY OF BRITAIN, PALESTINE AND THE JEWS: 1917-1949
by Tim Benson

Sharp wits and sharper pencils capture the twists and turns of British, Palestinian and Jewish history in the twentieth century. Tim Benson has gathered together, for the first time, a comprehensive collection of cartoons telling the story of Britain, Palestine and the Jews, ranging from hilariously biting satire to poignantly moving responses to the darkest chapters of twentieth century history.

See our website for more information: https://tinyurl.com/45v24ek8

16/11/2023

We are devastated to learn of the death of Vivian Silver, who was murdered in the brutal Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October.

Vivian, along with Amal Elsana Alh’jooj, was a co-director of AJEEC-NISPED (the Arab-Jewish Center for Empowerment, Education and Cooperation and Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development), through which she worked tirelessly to improve relations and cooperation between Palestinians and Israelis through empowerment projects in multiple communities. Vivian was also a leading voice in organisations such as Women Wage Peace and countless NGOs.

Vivian’s death represents a tragic loss not only to her friends, family and colleagues, but to the communities and movements to which she dedicated her life’s work. May her memory be a blessing.

Read Amal's tirbute to Vivian here:
https://fathomjournal.org/in-memory-of-vivian-silver-1949-2023/

16/10/2023

"I remember the Israeli academics who joined protests against yet another separation barrier in the campus of al-Quds University. I remember the colleagues who spent their Shabats driving down to the southern hills of Hebron to stand by a shepherd community being harassed by Israeli settlers."

Sari Nusseibeh reflects not only on the human cost of the last weeks in Israel and Palestine, but the loss of a dream shared by Israelis and Palestinians for peace, reconciliation and hope.

This assault was not an ‘if’ but a ‘when’ and a ‘how’ shock

13/04/2023

Watch author and former Mossad agent, Mishka Ben-David, read from and discuss his book 'Duet in Beirut' with FRANCE 24

As an intelligence agent in the 1990s, Mishka Ben-David was entrusted with high-stakes espionage missions across the Middle East. Now a successful author, he...

06/03/2023

Fantastic to see Amal Elsana Alh’jooj discuss ‘Hope is a Woman’s Name’ with Bidisha Mamata at Jewish Book Week last night. A great talk and a great audience, followed by plenty of book signings 📚

02/03/2023

Lovely to have Amal Elsana Alh'jooj in the office for a chat today, ahead of her appearance at Jewish Book Week this Sunday at 8pm, Kings Place, Hall 2

23/02/2023

We visited the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, where we saw the annexe where Anne Frank’s family and others hid from 1942-44 until they were discovered and deported. Anne Frank’s Tales from the Secret Annexe is prominently displayed in the impressive museum bookshop.

16/02/2023

We are very much looking forward to seeing Amal Elsana Alh'jooj, author of 'Hope is a Woman's Name' discussing her book and her incredible life story with Bidisha at Jewish Book Week on Sunday 5 March, King's Place.

Book here: https://jewishbookweek.com/event/hope-is-a-womans-name/

An indigenous Bedouin in a Jewish state and a fifth daughter in a patriarchal society, Amal Elsana Alh’jooj was a shepherd at the age of five. Always driven to pursue justice and equality, from her early teens she ran literary classes for women, marking the beginning of a lifelong career promoting policy change for Israel’s Bedouin. Today Amal is instrumental in shaping public opinion on Israel’s marginalised minorities. Hope is a Woman’s Name tells her journey navigating interweaving systems of power and oppression while embracing every thread of her identity: Bedouin, Arab, woman, feminist, Palestinian and Israeli. In conversation with broadcaster, journalist and film-maker Bidisha Mamata on 5 March

02/02/2023

Wonderful review of 'Hope is a Woman's Name' by Amal Elsana Alh'jooj in Haaretz.com, with a detailed overview of the book's account of Amal's extraordinary life and career.

26/01/2023

Enjoyed the latest series of ‘Fauda’ on Netflix? Then you’ll love these three thrillers by Israeli author and former Mossad agent, Mishka Ben-David!

“Ben-David delivers spy thrillers with all the authenticity and inside knowledge of an ex-Mossad agent.”
—Simon Sebag Montefiore

https://www.halbanpublishers.com/fiction