Seeking Palestine
New Palestinian Writing on Exile and Home
$31.96
- Paperback
220 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2012
Summary
“Palestine-in-exile,” says Rana Barakat, “is an idea, a love, a goal, a movement, a massacre, a march, a parade, a poem, a thesis, a novel and yes, a commodity, as well as a people scattered, displaced, dispossessed and determined.” 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?…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781742198231 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1742198236 |
| Author: | Shehadeh Raja, Johnson Penny |
| Publisher: | Spinifex Press |
| Imprint: | Spinifex Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 220 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2012 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 137mm x 13mm |
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About The Author
Shehadeh Raja
Penny Johnson is an independent researcher who works closely with the Institute of Women’s Studies at Birzeit University where she edits the Review of Women’s Studies. Recent writing and research on Palestine has focused on weddings and wars, wives of political prisoners, and young Palestinians’ talk about proper and improper marriages She is an Associate Editor of the Jerusalem Quarterly.Raja Shehadeh is a Palestinian lawyer and writer who lives in Ramallah, West Bank. He is the founder of the pioneering non-partisan human rights organization, Al Haq, an affiliate of the International Commission of Jurists, and the author of several books about international law, human rights and the Middle East. He is also the author of the award-winning, Palestinian Walks and A Rift in Time: Travels with My Ottoman Uncle.
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