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Publications & Awards

"Macintosh OS 9 and OS X", Survey of Operating Systems, Charles and Jane Holcombe (Osborne-McGraw-Hill, 2004)
Apple chapter in popular computer operating systems textbook for students training to be computer professionals, from OMH's Mike Myers' Computer Skills series.

Recipient of American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee's "Voices of Peace" Award, (June 2003)
The award was presented to Nigel Parry and Ali Abunimah on behalf of the Electronic Intifada team for their work on Electronic Iraq and The Electronic Intifada "in recognition of its commitment to bringing the concerns, voices, and experiences of the Iraqi and Palestinian peoples to audiences the world over via the Internet."

"Macintosh OS 9 and OS X", Survey of Operating Systems, Charles and Jane Holcombe (Osborne-McGraw-Hill, 2003)
Apple chapter in popular computer operating systems textbook for students training to be computer professionals, from OMH's Mike Myers' Computer Skills series.

The Past and Future of Information Technology in Palestine: An introduction for the Palestinian NGO community, Nigel Parry (Birzeit University, 1997)
First paper to examine the history and appropriation of Internet technologies in the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza Strip, presented at the International NGO Meeting/European NGO Symposium on the Question of Palestine at the United Nations in Geneva, August 1997.

Making Education Illegal - Students from the Gaza Strip: Israeli restrictions and international reactions, Nigel Parry (Birzeit University, 1995).
First human rights report to document the systematic violations of freedom of movement of Gazan students trying to study in the West Bank, and flagship publication of the international Academic Freedom First campaign.

A Personal Diary of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Nigel Parry (birzeit.edu/nigelparry.com, 1994-1998)
Book-length non-fiction account of the implementation of the Oslo peace accords on the ground in the Palestinian West Bank. Positively reviewed by The Independent newspaper (UK), Ha'aretz newspaper (Israel), Le Monde newspaper (France), and Stern magazine (Germany), A Personal Diary was featured in TIME magazine's end-millennium story, "Visions of the 21st Century" and other publications, and has received over one million visitors since its launch.

Street Children in the Philippines, Edited by Fr. Shay Cullen, Danny Smith, and Nigel Parry (Jubilee Campaign, 1992)
Flagship report of the campaign that successfully instituted laws which removed the immunity of British citizens committing sex crimes against children in other countries.