Anthology of Modern Palestinian Literature

AcknowledgmentsList of DonorsChronology of Modern Palestinian HistoryIntroduction: Palestinian Literature in Modern TimesPoetryYusuf 'Abal al-'AzizThe TravelerThe HouseA PlaceMistA SongThe Shaqueef MoonKhalid Abu KhalidPrayer to the Tremor of the Final EveningYusuf Abu LauzTrees on Maryam's SleevesMaryam in the GrassTress of WordsYour Talk or the VodkaAbu SalmaMy Country on Partition DayWe Shall ReturnI Love You MoreZubair Abu ShayibFever of QuestionsProbabilitiesHandsome and TallMartyrPsalmTaba Muhammad 'AliThrombosisExodusLaila 'AllushThe Path of AffectionA New CreationNaji 'AllushOn the Shore'Abol al-Latif 'Aql"From Jersalem to the Gulf"On the Presence of AbsenceMuhammad al-As'adPersonal AccountA SongProphetsSingersThe Earth also DiesWhen the Inhabitants of the Planets ConverseWhoMureed BarghouthyThe TribesThe GuardsDesireAn OfficialLiberationCertaintyExceptionI Run toward You... I Run with YouA VisionMu'een BseisoAladdin's Lamp for Sahba'Diary of Old Man DefectorThe Vinegar CupSailor Returning from Occupied ShoresFootstepsI Was Already Dead!Hasan al-BuhairiOrange BlossomsThe Malady and The CureAhmad DahbourNew SuggestionsThe Terms of AmbitionI Do Not Renounce MadnessOur CountryWaleed KhazindarBelongingHousesAt LeastBramblesYou Will Arrive: BewilderedThat DayAbsenceThe StormRasim al-MadhounOne Thousand and One...NightsFamily PoemsGiyathMihyarUm GiyathPeace Be Upon...Abol al-Raheem MahmoudThe MartyrCall of the MotherlandThe Aqsa MosqueHaydar MahmoudThe Last WitnessTwo-in-OneThe Palestinian Ayyub'Izziddin al-ManasraAt NightDawn VisitorsThe InheritanceKhairi MansourA Nonpersonal AccountEchoTwo Old AgesThe RoadPoetryA ForestZakariyya MuhammadApologyMy ThingsEverythingA TavernEmigrationThe Cafe MistressA WomanKhalid 'Ali MustafaCirclingMeeting of Two WoundsThe Hands AgainThe Sparrow Told MeMabmoud DarwishPoem of the LandHoming PigeonsGuests on the SeaIntensive-Care UnitPsalm 9We Went to AdenMuhammad al-DhahirThree Short LettersJoyThe Little GirlWaleed al-HaleesDays in the Life of a Palestinian BoySulafa HijjawiElegy on an Estranged HusbandHis PictureDeath SentenceAhmad HusainA Souvenir Vendor in NazarethRashid HusainDamascus DiaryAgainstFirstJabra Ibrahim JabraZero HourFor SocratesLove PoemSalma Khadra JayyusiKhartoumThe WomanSongs for an Arab CityOn June 5, 1968The Three of Us AloneSalem JubranRefugeeSinger of Wind and Rain'Abol al-Kareem al-Karmi(see Abu Salma)Ali al-KhaliliDialectics of the HomelandWhat is Your Purpose, Murderous Beauty?DepartureThis CountryTaha 'Abol al-Ghani MustafaReverse JourneyKamal NasirLetter to FadwaIbrahim NasrallahFlightPassagewayA WomanThe HandThreadSongJamal Qa'warAt the Doorstep of SeptemberKamal QadduraAll This Is Strange, Like EverythingLanguageFragrancePart of a WallDead MemoryColdRaceOverflowMuhammad al-QaisiVisionLove poem ILove poem IVLove poem XIIOne-Day VacationSamih al-QasimThe ClockBatsAshesLove PoemsYou Pretend to DieI Do Not Blame YouDrunk'Abdallah RadwanThe FallDeformedTo the ChildrenYou Are EverythingHarun Hashim RasheedPoem to JerusalemRaise Your ArmsTaher RiyadFrom "Signs"Laila al-Sa'ihIntimations of AnxietyThe Ever-Deferred MomentWaleed SayfDeath's at Night's EndMai SayighElegy for Imm 'AliDepartureBeirut under SiegeTawfiq SayighPoem 28To Enter a CountryThe Poem K'Umar SahbanaEvening BalconyThe Book of Songs and StonesKhuludMazin ShadeedThe Caravan's DepartureLove SongAnton ShammasThen How Will the Poem Come?An Evening of Poetry ReadingSeven PoemsSa'adeh SudahA RingYour HandsProphecyA Poem to Tayseer SaboulKhalil ToumaBetween the Wound and Its BleedingFadwa TuqanThe Sybil's ProphecyEnough for MeThe Deluge and the TreeSong of BecomingIbrahim TuqanCommandoDead HeartsBrokersLest We LoseIn Beirut'Abol al-Raheem 'UmarSongs of the Seventh ExodusPleaThe SiegeGhassan ZaqtanAnother DeathAn IncidentPROSESHORT STORIESIbrahim al-'Absi What Happened After MidnightGhareeb 'AsqalaniHungerLiyana BadrA Land of Rock and ThymeRiyad BaydasHunger and the MountainZaki DarwishHorsesNajwa Qa'war FarahThe Worst of Two Choices; or The Forsaken Olive TreeTawfiq FayyadThe IdiotEmile HabibyThe Odds-and-Ends WomanAkram HaniyyebAfter the Siege, a Little Before the SunMabmoud Sayf al-DinGarbageGhassan KanafaniThe Little One Goes to the CampMuhammad Naffa'The UprootedWaleed RabahSolo Tunes on a Zinc WallYahya Rabah Death of a Bird HunterFadl al-RimawiThe Sous VendorMabmoud al-RimawiA Longing for the Good LandKbalil al-SawahiriThe SpectatorsMabmoud ShaheenThe Sacred RiverSulaiman al-ShaikhKadimaYusuf ShruruOne Eye by DayMahmoud ShuqairThe VillagersYahya TakhlifThat Rose of a WomanSELECTIONS FROM NOVELSSahar KhalifehMemoirs of an Unrealistic WomanFaruq WadiA Road to the SeaEXTRACTS FROM PERSONAL ACCOUNTSRashad Abu ShawarO BeirutMuhammad al-As'adChildren of DewMu'een BseisoPalestinian NotebooksMabmoud DarwishA Memory for ForgetfulnessSubhi Ghosheh Our Sun Will Never SetHow Did They Inform You?A MirrorTawfiz ZayyadHere We Shall StayA Million Suns in my BloodWhat Next?Pagan FiresAll I havePALESTINIAN POETS WRITING IN ENGLISHHanan Mikha'il 'AshrawiMetamorphosisWomen and ThingsNight PatrolDeath by BuriaFrom the Diary of an Almost-Four-Year-OldSharif ElmusaA Little Piece of SkyIn BalanceCamel FragmentsWhen Slippers MingleThe BeggarLena JayyusiPoem of OppositesAt the LimitBreadmotherDeath of EnverWintering AloneAminah KazakDeportationMy Last Day with AishaNaomi Shihab NyeMy Father and the Fig TreeShrinesBloodArabic CoffeeThe Words under the WordsMy Uncle Mohammad at Mecca, 1981Fawaz TurkiThe Seed KeepersBeirutDusk in GalileeOsama Jibril of JerusalemIn Search of Yacove EvedYusuf HaykalDays of My YouthJabra Ibrahim JabraThe First WellKhalil al-SakakiniSuch Am I, O WorldMai SayighThe SiegeHisham SharabiEmbers and AshesSalah Ta'mariJourney into Hades: Diary of a Palestinian in an Israeli PrisonFadwa TuqanA Mountainous JourneyEdward W. SaidAfter the Last Sky: Palestinian LivesFirst TranslatorsSecond Translators Transliterated List of Arab AuthorsGlossarySelected Bibliography