''Let Me Stand Alone'' is a book containing collected writings, including diaries and letters, of

Rachel Corrie Rachel Aliene Corrie (April 10, 1979 – March 16, 2003) was an American nonviolence activist and diarist. She was a member of the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and was active throughout the Israeli-occupied terr ...

, published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2008. Corrie was killed in 2003 by an

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while protesting the destruction of a Gaza house which belonged to a Palestinian doctor. According to W. W. Norton & Company,

How do we find our way in the world? How do our actions affect others? What do we owe the rest of humanity? These are the timeless questions so eloquently posed by Rachel Corrie, a young American activist killed on March 16, 2003, as she tried to block the demolition of a Palestinian family's home in the Gaza Strip.
The "collection of her journal entries opens a window on the maturation of a young woman seeking to make the world a better place."
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vol. 255 (2008) iss. 7 p. 146

References

Literature

, ''Let Me Stand Alone'', W. W. Norton & Company, 2008, {{ISBN, 0393065715

External links

'I will dance and play basketball and I'll have real stories to tell. I won't just be a sack of words ...' – Rachel Corrie's diaries

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