Books set in Palestine (6)


1.

I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti EN

Rating: 3     3 Votes
Country: Asia / Palestine flag Palestine
Description:
Palestinian poet Barghouti relates his homecoming to Ramallah after 30 years in exile, offering a moving account of what it means to be a Palestinian today. Winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature.

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Minor Detail by Adania Shibli EN

Rating: 5     2 Votes
Country: Asia / Palestine flag Palestine
Description:
Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn as the Nakba – the catastrophe that led to the displacement and expulsion of more than 700,000 people – and the Israelis celebrate as the War of Independence. Israeli soldiers capture and rape a young Palestinian woman, and kill and bury her in the sand. Many years later, a woman in Ramallah becomes fascinated to the point of obsession with this ‘minor detail’ of history. A haunting meditation on war, violence and memory, Minor Detail cuts to the heart of the Palestinian ex... continue

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Power Born of Dreams : My Story Is Palestine by Mohammad Sabaaneh EN

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Country: Asia / Palestine flag Palestine
Description:
What does freedom look like from inside an Israeli prison? The walls of the cell are etched with the names of the prisoners who came before. A bird perches on the cell window and offers a deal: "You bring the pencil, and I will bring the stories," stories of family, of community, of Gaza, of Palestine. Mohammad Sabaaneh brings uses his striking linocut artwork to help the world see Palestinian people as human, not as superheroes or political symbols.

4.

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

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THEY FELL LIKE STARS FROM THE SKY AND OTHER STORIES. by SHEIKHA. HELAWY EN

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Country: Asia / Palestine flag Palestine
Description:
Lovely Short Stories giving insight into life in the Bedouin community of Palestine

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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.