{"product_id":"no-land-to-stand-on","title":"No Land to Stand On","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"row subcategory-data mt-4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 col-xl-9\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMahmoud Khalil \u003c\/span\u003e| Paperback | October 2026 \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 col-xl-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-39fa59f2=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA revelatory and powerful testament of protest, courage, and imprisonment in America's deportation regime\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Are you Mahmoud Khalil?' This was the question asked by ICE as they took the Palestinian student and U.S. legal resident from his pregnant wife and home in New York City, transported him across the country, and locked him up in a Louisiana detention camp under threat of deportation. His 'crime': exercising his right to free speech at Columbia University, where he emerged as a leading voice against the slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza. \u003ci\u003eNo Land to Stand On\u003c\/i\u003e is his indelible account, the story of a man confronting the reality that he had become target number one in a lawless regime shredding basic rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDrawing on his prison diary and writing in vivid, page-turning detail, Mahmoud Khalil conjures the despair and cruelty of ICE detention, where prisoners can vanish overnight and visiting families risk their own deportation. There is humanity, too, in the men's acts of care, as they help each other with documents, and make a prison cake for Mahmoud after he can only follow the birth of his son on a public payphone. In tandem, he tells the multi-generational story of a family expelled from Palestine to a Syrian refugee camp, of flight from Assad's regime to Lebanon, of arrival in an America that promised permanence and protection, and of the enduring struggle for Palestine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA work of immense courage and resistance, \u003ci\u003eNo Land to Stand On\u003c\/i\u003e is a call to all of us to defend the inalienable right to safety, freedom, and a place to call home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 col-xl-9\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row subcategory-data mt-4 mb-4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col pb-0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pb-0 mb-0 subcategory-data--label\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Info\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMahmoud Khalil\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a Palestinian born in a refugee camp in Syria. He fled Assad's Syria at the age of 18 and holds Algerian citizenship. He studied computer science at the Lebanese American University while working with Syrian refugees in Lebanon, then served as programs manager at the British Embassy in Beirut. He moved to the United States in 2022 to attend Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, where he became a prominent figure during the student protests against the war on Gaza. Mahmoud lives in New York, where he continues to fight against the threat of deportation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo Land to Stand On\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is his first book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"booxies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51441395663015,"sku":null,"price":36.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/1523\/0375\/files\/nolandtostandon.jpg?v=1790737675","url":"https:\/\/booxies.com\/products\/no-land-to-stand-on","provider":"booxies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}