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Recommended books (10)
Travel the world without leaving your chair. The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world. All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Asia Challenge" were written by authors from Palestine. Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.

1.

A Woman Is No Man : A Novel by Etaf Rum EN

Rating: 4     1 Vote
Country: Asia / Palestine flag Palestine
Description:
Three generations of Palestinian-American women living in Brooklyn are torn between individual desire and the strict mores of Arab culture in this powerful debut—a heart-wrenching story of love, intrigue, courage, and betrayal that will resonate with women from all backgrounds, giving voice to the silenced and agency to the oppressed. "Where I come from, we’ve learned to silence ourselves. We’ve been taught that silence will save us. Where I come from, we keep these stories to ourselves. To tell them to the outside world is unheard of—dangerous, the ultimate shame.” Palestine, 1990. Seventeen-... continue
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Recommended: 25 May 2022

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Against the Loveless World : A Novel by Susan Abulhawa EN

Rating: 4.1     7 Votes
Country: Asia / Palestine flag Palestine
Description:
From the internationally bestselling author of the “terrifically affecting” (The Philadelphia Inquirer) Mornings in Jenin, a sweeping and lyrical novel that follows a young Palestinian refugee as she slowly becomes radicalized while searching for a better life for her family throughout the Middle East, for readers of international literary bestsellers including Washington Black, My Sister, The Serial Killer, and Her Body and Other Parties. As Nahr sits, locked away in solitary confinement, she spends her days reflecting on the dramatic events that landed her in prison in a country she barely k... continue
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Recommended: 10 Jun 2022

3.
Blood Brothers

Blood Brothers by Elias Chacour, David Hazard EN

Rating: 4     5 Votes
Country: Asia / Palestine flag Palestine
Description:
The unforgettable story of Elias Chacour, a Palestinian Christian with deep love for both Jews and Arabs. The birth of the modern Jewish nation is set against ancient and modern history.
Recommended: 21 Oct 2022

4.

In the Presence of Absence by Mahmoud Darwish EN

Rating: 5     1 Vote
Country: Asia / Palestine flag Palestine
Description:
One of the most transcendent poets of his generation, Darwish composed this remarkable elegy at the apex of his creativity, but with the full knowledge that his death was imminent. Thinking it might be his final work, he summoned all his poetic genius to create a luminous work that defies categorization. In stunning language, Darwish’s self-elegy inhabits a rare space where opposites bleed and blend into each other. Prose and poetry, life and death, home and exile are all sung by the poet and his other. On the threshold of im/mortality, the poet looks back at his own existence, intertwined wit... continue
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Recommended: 24 Aug 2022

5.

Men in the Sun by Ghassan Kanafani EN

Rating: 4     2 Votes
Country: Asia / Palestine flag Palestine
Description:
This collection of important stories by novelist, journalist, teacher and Palestinina activist Ghassan Kanafani includes 'Men in the Sun,' the basis of the film 'The Deceived.' Also in the volume are 'The Land of Sad Oranges', 'If You Were A Horse', 'The Falcon' and 'Letter from Gaza.'
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Recommended: 01 Jul 2022

6.

Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa EN

Rating: 4     34 Votes
Country: Asia / Palestine flag Palestine
Description:
Palestine, 1948. A mother clutches her six-month-old son as Israeli soldiers march through the village of Ein Hod. In a split second, her son is snatched from her arms and the fate of the Abulheja family is changed forever. Forced into a refugee camp in Jenin and exiled from the ancient village that is their lifeblood, the family struggles to rebuild their world. Their stories unfold through the eyes of the youngest sibling, Amal, the daughter born in the camp who will eventually find herself alone in the United States; the eldest son who loses everything in the struggle for freedom; the stole... continue
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Recommended: 10 Jan 2018

7.
The Arsonists' City

The Arsonists' City by Hala Alyan EN

Rating: 5     1 Vote
Country: Asia / Palestine flag Palestine
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Recommended: 29 Mar 2023

8.
The Sea Cloak

The Sea Cloak & other stories by Nayrouz Qarmout EN

Rating: 4     1 Vote
Country: Asia / Palestine flag Palestine
Description:
The Sea Cloak is a collection of 11 stories by the author, journalist, and campaigner, Nayrouz Qarmout. Drawing from her own experiences growing up in a Syrian refugee camp, as well as her current life in Gaza, these stories stitch together a patchwork of different perspectives into what it means to be a woman in Palestine today.Whether following the daily struggles of orphaned children fighting to survive in the rubble of recent bombardments, or mapping the complex, cultural tensions between different generations of refugees in wider Gazan society, these stories offer rare insights into one o... continue
Recommended: 16 Nov 2022

9.

Time of White Horses by Ibrahim Nasrallah EN

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Country: Asia / Palestine flag Palestine
Description:
This comi-tragic fictional-factual saga takes place in the environs of Jerusalem, from late Ottoman times to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. A vivid picture of Palestinian villagers' preoccupations and aspirations--their ties to their land, to their animals, and to one another. Relives the realities of the Palestinian village in the early twentieth century, Zionist colonization and its impact on Arab rural life, the trauma that accompanied the British mandate and its aftermath, the Palestinians' struggle to maintain the autonomy and dignity they had known for centuries on end... continue
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Recommended: 02 Mar 2022

10.
Wild Thorns

Wild Thorns by Sahar Khalifeh EN

Rating: 3     1 Vote
Country: Asia / Palestine flag Palestine
Description:
A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
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Recommended: 27 May 2023


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