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Seeking Palestine
New Palestinian Writing on Exile and Home
By: Shehadeh Raja (Editor), Johnson Penny (Editor)
Paperback | 1 May 2012 | Edition Number 1
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How do Palestinians live, imagine and reflect on home and exile in this period of a stateless and transitory Palestine, a deeply contested and crisis-ridden national project, and a sharp escalation in Israeli state violence and accompanying Palestinian oppression? How can exile and home be written?
Fifteen innovative and outstanding Palestinian writers–essayists, poets, novelists, critics, artists and memorists–respond with their reflections, experiences, memories and polemics. What is it like, in the words of Lila Abu-Lughod to be "drafted into being Palestinian?" What happenes when you take your American children, as Sharif Elmusa does, to the refugee camp where you were raised? And how can you convince, as Suad Amiry attempts to do, a weary airport official to continue searching for a code for a country that isn't recognised.
Contributors probe the past through unconventional memories, reflecting on 1948 when it all began. But they are also deeply interested in beginnings, imagining, in the words of Mischa Hiller, "a Palestine that reflects who we are now and who we hope to become." Their contributions–poignant, humorous, intimate, reflective, intensely political–make an offering that is remarkable for the candour and grace with which it explores the many individual and collective experiences of waiting, living for a seeking Palestine.
Industry Reviews
Ahdaf Soueif, Booker Prize Finalist for The Map of Love
And so whilst reading, each chapter of Seeking Palestine offers a new element to the image of Palestine, weaving together an eclectic mix of writers, each offering a new lens through which to view, understand and imagine their country and exile.
Amelia Smith, Memo Middle East Monitor
This is an extraordinarily frank, fresh and unsentimental assessment of what Palestinians are and have become. It is not only a testimony as to the strength, dedication and sticking power of Palestinian people, but also of the writers themselves.
Selma Dabbagh, The Electronic Intifada
ISBN: 9781742198231
ISBN-10: 1742198236
Published: 1st May 2012
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 220
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Spinifex Press
Country of Publication: AU
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 21.0 x 13.7 x 1.3
Weight (kg): 0.27
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