Book Launch & Discussion: No Way But Forward

The Institute for Palestine Studies-USA (IPS-USA) and The Jerusalem Fund invite you to join us for the launch of Brian Barber’s new book, No Way But Forward: Life Stories of Three Families in the Gaza Strip, in conversation with Said Arikat, renowned Palestinian journalist, senior fellow at The Jerusalem Fund’s Palestine Center and the Washington bureau chief for Jerusalem based newspaper Al-Quds.

No Way But Forward takes you there via a set of deeply human accounts of three ordinary young Palestinian men over the past thirty years, including the year following October 7, 2023. Their lives have been riddled with oppressive military constraint, violence, humiliation, and loss. Yet along with their parents, wives, and children, they have persevered in making an honorable life for themselves. These narratives are gripping, instructive, inspiring, tragic, and universally relevant as tales of survival, endurance, and hope.

Purchase No Way But Forward here: https://bkbarber.com/

About the speakers:

Brian K. Barber, PhD is Senior Scholar at the Middle East Policy Council, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies, and Professor Emeritus, University of Tennessee. He currently lives in Washington, DC. His work has addressed how context—from parenting to political systems—impacts individual and social development. Among other books, he is editor of Intrusive Parenting: How Psychological Control Affects Children and Adolescents (2002, American Psychological Association), and Adolescents and War: How Youth Deal with Political Conflict (2008, Oxford University Press). His published articles have appeared in, among others, The Lancet, Social Science & Medicine, Global Public Health, PLOS ONE, Child Development, International Journal of Behavioral Development, and Journal of Adolescent Research. His commentaries have been published in Haaretz, CNN.com, Informed Comment, Counterpunch, and Middle East Policy.

Professor Barber’s most recent book is No Way but Forward: Life Stories of Three Families in the Gaza Strip (2025, KDP) Please see: www.bkbarber.com.

Said Arikat is a senior fellow of The Jerusalem Fund’s Palestine Center, and the Washington bureau chief for the Palestinian newspaper al-Quds. He previously served as spokesman and director of public information for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, and currently teaches as an adjunct professor at American University in Washington, DC.

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