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I Saw Ramallah
I Saw Ramallah | Mourid Barghouti
WINNER OF THE NAGUIB MAHFOUZ MEDAL FOR LITERATURE A fierce and moving work and an unparalleled rendering of the human aspects of the Palestinian predicament. Barred from his homeland after 1967s Six-Day War, the poet Mourid Barghouti spent thirty years in exileshuttling among the worlds cities, yet secure in none of them; separated from his family for years at a time; never certain whether he was a visitor, a refugee, a citizen, or a guest. As he returns home for the first time since the Israeli occupation, Barghouti crosses a wooden bridge over the Jordan River into Ramallah and is unable to recognize the city of his youth. Sifting through memories of the old Palestine as they come up against what he now encounters in this mere idea of Palestine, he discovers what it means to be deprived not only of a homeland but of the habitual place and status of a person. A tour de force of memory and reflection, lamentation and resilience, I Saw Ramallah is a deeply humane book, essential to any balanced understanding of todays Middle East.
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Smarkies
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A lyrical and poetic memoir about a refugee and his thoughts on displacement. This book is set after the Oslo Agreement so reflects the situation during that time.

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#Haunted Day 23: Technically, there is no #FallTradition here in the UAE, but we do have a long weekend around this time to celebrate the Prophet‘s birthday. And nutella pizza with turkish coffee CAN become a tradition of sorts. 💕👌🏽😍

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Written in the late 1990s, this powerful memoir doesn‘t even begin to touch on recent events, which makes the sadness and longing here even more tragic. The emotions run deep within the prose, subtle, and lightened with humor. There‘s no overt rage, more a quiet statement of perspective, and that gives it even more weight and impact. It left me sobbing. #readingasia2021 #palestine

BarbaraBB What a beautiful review. 3y
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“The long Occupation has succeeded in changing us from children of Palestine to children of the idea of Palestine.”

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My book for #palestine arrived today. 😍 I‘m really looking forward to reading this one, especially in light of current events.
#readingasia2021

BarbaraBB I was tempted to read this book too for Palestine. 3y
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