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Deeply informed by political philosophy and based on decades of personal involvement with politics and social activism, Nusseibeh's moderate voice - global in its outlook, yet truly grounded in his native city of Jerusalem - points us toward a future which, as George Lamming once put it, is colonized by our acts in this moment, but which must always remain open.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eReviews\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003ePalestinians live in Israel (or under Israeli occupation) without freedom, legal rights, resources, under the constant threat of state violence; Israelis, living under the constant threat of terrorist violence, are also trapped. Nusseibeh recommends reframing the conflict and advocates that negotiators look beyond the conference room to focus on the reality in the homes and streets of \"Palestinians and Israelis, and envision a collective peace, progress, and safety. Nusseibeh makes a number of tentative stabs at envisioning possible solutions, and his philosophical and balanced book is unfailingly sensitive and empathetic to both sides.\"-- Publishers Weekly,22 November 2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\" Sari Nusseibeh repeatedly expresses his belief that change is possible if people have the self-confidence and faith in themselves to act. He sees his task as an educator to be one of inculcating such faith. And he also describes, in several chapters of his often moving book, a moral basis for political action that can speak to all of us. Like Gandhi, and like Abdallah Abu Rahmah and Ali Abu Awwad...Nusseibeh seeks not to coerce his opponents--in this case the Israeli people along with their political and military institutions--into changing their self-destructive course but to change their will, or their feelings. He wants them to step back from prejudice and an obsession with brute force and to open their eyes. 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The dynamic journey as represented in between the narrow streets, falafel joints, creepy cemeteries, and secret weapon burials all draw visual images about what it is like to live as an Arab Palestinian Jerusalemite amidst the social, political, and financial pressures in this complicated period of the Palestinian history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eParts of the novel are a fictionalized account of the author own life as an “East-Jerusalemite” who has lived through phases of the First Intifada, the peace negotiations, the establishment of the Palestinian Authority after the Oslo peace agreement with Israel, and the eruption of the Second Intifada, and the general sense of loss and frustration in the absence of political solution where East Jerusalem lifted behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAref Husseini is an entrepreneur, electronic engineer, physicist, and novelist from Jerusalem who has distinguished himself in various Industrial and Educational fields. Husseini is also the author of two bestsellers in Arabic, published by the prestigious Arab publishing house \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDar Al-Shorok\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aref Husseini","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41351680131272,"sku":"","price":90.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/3679\/1752\/products\/shabat_goy_cover_1.jpg?v=1639406185"},{"product_id":"nine-quarters-of-jerusalem-a-new-biography-of-the-old-city","title":"Nine Quarters of Jerusalem: A New Biography of the Old City","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e*Order now, Available from the 17th march 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHighly original exploration of Jerusalem exploring its history and contemporary voices\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"full-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Original and illuminating ... What a good book this is' Jonathan Dimbleby, author and documentary maker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn Jerusalem, what you see and what is true are two different things. Maps divide the walled Old City into four quarters, yet that division doesn't reflect the reality of mixed and diverse neighbourhoods. Beyond the crush and frenzy of its major religious sites, much of the Old City remains little known to visitors, its people overlooked and their stories untold.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNine Quarters of Jerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elets the communities of the Old City speak for themselves. Ranging through ancient past and political present, it evokes the city's depth and cultural diversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMatthew Teller's highly original 'biography' features the Old City's Palestinian and Jewish communities, but also spotlights its Indian and African populations, its Greek and Armenian and Syriac cultures, its downtrodden Dom Gypsy families and its Sufi mystics. It discusses the sources of Jerusalem's holiness and the ideas - often startlingly secular - that have shaped lives within its walls. It is an evocation of place through story, led by the voices of Jerusalemites.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/3679\/1752\/files\/nine_1_480x480.jpg?v=1645616227\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/3679\/1752\/files\/nine_2_480x480.jpg?v=1645616239\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/3679\/1752\/files\/nine_3_480x480.jpg?v=1645616249\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eTeller writes with affection and compassion for Jerusalem's wide variety of peoples but a sharp-eyed lack of deference for a city whose past and present he explores with insight, sensitivity and wry humour -- Jonathan Dimbleby, author and documentary maker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Old City of Jerusalem has found an inspired, imaginative, and iconoclastic biographer. Teller set himself the modest task of telling stories. The end result, however, is a highly readable book, a vivid portrait, and a fresh perspective on this infinitely complex city -- Avi Shlaim, emeritus professor at the University of Oxford and author of The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book peels away the layers of deception to debunk the myth that the Old City is composed of four distinct quarters - a notion that continues to plague the city and underpins the assumption that present-day conflict comes down to age-old hatred between religions ... Teller takes the reader on a trip that reveals the Old City of Jerusalem better than any other book written about the city -- Raja Shehadeh, author of Palestinian Walks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA lyrical and electric book, rich and intensely evocative (with a twist of cumin), as the author shares his life-long obsession for one of the most over-documented and misunderstood cities on earth. This is not another biography but an altogether more important book, about the human tapestries that could, possibly, weave together a new Jerusalem -- Louisa Waugh, author and humanitarian activist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaptivating. Teller's language flows lightly but his feelings run deep and it is difficult to pull away from his descriptions of the Old City. -- Noga Tarnopolsky, Jerusalem reporter ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLA Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA marvel. Teller deftly braids the historical, the political and the experiential. His book is at once universal in scope and intimate -- Massoud Hayoun, author of When We Were Arabs: A Jewish Family’s Forgotten History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere has been no book like this written in the last twenty years ... Matthew Teller has resurrected this city -- George Hintlian, author of History of the Armenians in the Holy Land\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor any other city, a book that tells the stories of its residents might be unremarkable - but for Jerusalem, so often weighed down by ancient history and the politics of occupation, Teller has produced a book that is borderline radical in its focus on the people who live there -- Zora O’Neill, author of All Strangers Are Kin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploding the myths about age-old hatreds between religions, this must-read book lays bare the role of arrogant British colonialists and missionaries in shaping Jerusalem's Old City according to their vision. It challenges the misleading maps that serve the Israeli narrative and encourages visitors to see beyond the facade. A must-read exposé -- Diana Darke, author of Stealing from the Saracens\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section _about-the-author-card_carouselItemStyles_authorName__HSb1t\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eVivid ... as much about the present as the past -- Rachel Cooke ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eObserver\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section _about-the-author-card_carouselItemStyles_authorName__HSb1t\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section _about-the-author-card_carouselItemStyles_authorName__HSb1t\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section _about-the-author-card_carouselItemStyles_authorName__HSb1t\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section _about-the-author-card_carouselItemStyles_authorName__HSb1t\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-row a-spacing-base a-spacing-top-medium a-grid-vertical-align a-grid-center\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-cardui-deck\" data-a-remove-top-gutter=\"true\" data-a-remove-bottom-gutter=\"true\" name=\"a-cardui-deck-autoname-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-cardui _about-the-author-card_carouselItemStyles_expander__3Fm-M\" data-a-card-type=\"peekExpand\" name=\"a-cardui-deck-autoname-0-card0\" data-a-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-cardui-body\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-reactive-container a-reactive-container-transition\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv tabindex=\"0\" class=\"a-cardui-content\" data-a-max-height=\"80\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff8000;\"\u003eMatthew Teller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor as long as I can remember, I've been a writer. Fortunately, not much of my early stuff survives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI grew up in suburban south London. A family holiday to Jerusalem in 1980, when I was 11, was my first trip outside the UK. Even today, the smell of cumin takes me straight back there. That was also my first time in the desert - I remember standing on a lonely road, feeling the hottest sun I'd ever felt, seeing the longest views I'd ever seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince then, I've lived and worked in Amman, Cairo, Jerusalem and elsewhere, learnt some Arabic and Hebrew, and travelled widely, over twenty years or more, through most of the Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI'm the author of the Rough Guides to Jordan, Switzerland, the Italian Lakes and - closer to home - the Cotswolds. I also contribute regularly to the national newspapers, as well as magazines from Wanderlust to BBC Wildlife. My website matthewteller.com has more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Matthew Teller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41626563051720,"sku":"","price":120.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/3679\/1752\/products\/nice_q.jpg?v=1645616448"},{"product_id":"in-my-mothers-footsteps-a-palestinian-refugee-returns-home","title":"In My Mother's Footsteps: A Palestinian Refugee Returns Home","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBeautiful. Poignant. 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The book presents the coming of age story of Nicolas Sayegh, a Palestinian Tom-Sawyer-type, who, together with his friends, roams the sun-drenched neighborhood streets of Jaffa in 1947 – an ancient Arab city, the commercial capital of Palestine at the time, fragrant with the smell of orange blossoms. Nicolas is always up to childhood adventures and mischief, exploring his parents’ magical orange groves, parading through his neighborhood like a cowboy on a donkey’s back, or sneaking out with his best friend Suhail to the local Alhambra cinema. The story poetically portrays the daily life of a well-to-do Christian Palestinian family and the people of Jaffa as a whole, giving insights into the local Palestinian culture that was prevalent at the time. 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Tolan's narrative provides a much needed human dimension to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict... a highly readable and evocative history ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReads like a novel... an informed take for anyone interested in the human stories behind a conflict ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating and highly absorbing account full of warmth, compassion and hope ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eScotland on Sunday\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eSandy Tolan is a journalist, teacher and documentary radio producer and has reported from more than 30 countries, particularly in the Middle East. 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The best artwork in the book is his impressionistic, unnarrated pen-and-ink-wash drawings of Shenzhen's drab buildings and billboards, but Delisle's keen awareness of how and why he can't connect to the city makes for a rarity: a thoroughly engaging memoir of being bored to distraction. -- Douglas Wolk, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Published On: 2006-12-03.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eGuy Delisle was born in Quebec City, Canada. His bestselling and acclaimed travelogues (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePyongyang, Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City, Burma Chronicles,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e Shenzhen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) are defining works of graphic nonfiction, and in 2012, Delisle was awarded the top prize in European cartooning when the French edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJerusalem \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas named Best Album at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. 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Delve into the development of long-running themes, like attitudes to democracy and violence, developed by thinkers from Confucius in ancient China to Mahatma Gandhi in 20th-century India, all through exciting text and bold graphics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis engaging overview explores the big political ideas such as capitalism, communism, and fascism, exploring their beginnings and social contexts - and the political thinkers who have made significant contributions. If you thought it was difficult to learn about governing bodies and affairs, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Politics Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e presents key information in a clear layout. 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Manuscripts were written out longhand, invariably under pseudonyms, and smuggled out of the Strip to Jerusalem, Cairo or Beirut, where they then had to be typed up. Consequently, fiction grew shorter, novels became novellas, and short stories flourished as the city's form of choice. Indeed, to Palestinians elsewhere, Gaza became known as 'the exporter of oranges and short stories'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis anthology brings together some of the pioneers of the Gazan short story from that era, as well as younger exponents of the form, with ten stories that offer glimpses of life in the Strip that go beyond the global media headlines; stories of anxiety, oppression, and violence, but also of resilience and hope, of what it means to be a Palestinian, and how that identity is continually being reforged; stories of ordinary characters struggling to live with dignity in what many have called 'the largest prison in the world'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTranslated from the Arabic by Tom Aplin, Charis Bredin, Emily Danby, Alexa Firat, Alice Guthrie, Katharine Halls, Sarah Irving, Elisabeth Jaquette, John Peate, Adam Talib, and Max Weiss.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A welcome reminder of the universality of human relations.' --The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Tales that reflect that depth and the variety and universality of the Gazan experience.' --The Irish Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is a collection that contains within its pages a more subtle thread than what we that is, those of us who do not know the feel of Gazan soil beneath our feet are used to, which is something altogether less subtle and more like a bold attack on our senses from time to time.' --Lacuna Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAtef Abu Saif was born in Jabaia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip in 1973. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Birzeit and a master's degree from Bradford. Recently, he received his Ph.D. in political and social sciences from the European University Institute in Florence. He is the author of four novels: Shadows in the Memory (1997), The Tale of the Harvest Night (1999), Snowball (2000), and The Salty Grape of Paradise (2003 \u0026amp; 2006). He also published a collection of short stories entitled Everything is Normal. Abu Seif is also the author of Civil Society and the State: Theoretical Perspective with Particular Reference to Palestine, published in Amman in 2005. 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Mahmoud Hussein refutes this by showing that it contradicts the very teachings of the Qur'an.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhereas God transcends time, His Word is inscribed within time. 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This alone makes Hussein's work a much needed intervention, especially when dominant currents in modern and contemporary Islamic thought tend to ignore the particularity of the event in favour of the generality of the signifier.' --\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eJournal of the Society for Contemporary Thought and the Islamicate World\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eMahmoud Hussein is the pseudonym of Bahgat Elnadi and Adel Rifaat, French political writers of Egyptian origin. 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The inhuman interrogations, the torment of the vulnerable, the “slow eviction” of an entire people should be understood by all in whose name the impunity of Israel and Zionism is given, year after year. I salute you, Fida Jiryis.’ — John Pilger, award-winning journalist, scholar, and documentary filmmaker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘An impressive account of an important period in Palestine’s recent history. Part history, part personal narrative, the author skilfully entwines the details of her life with that of her eminent father, and shows the power of Palestinians writing about their own lived experience. Highly recommended.’ — Ghada Karmi, author of \u003cem\u003eReturn: A Palestinian Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A tale of resilience and incredible courage, this powerful memoir fuses Jiryis’s personal recollections with the narrative of her homeland and its people. This is a frank and moving story of humanity and steadfastness, giving real content to the sacred Palestinian right of return.’ — Ilan Pappé, Professor of History, University of Exeter, and author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTen Myths About Israel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Since 1948, many Palestinians were born and raised in neighboring Arab states; others have lived and studied in the West; some managed to remain in their ancestral villages in Israel; still others have resided in West Bank cities that, since Oslo, are administered by the Palestinian Authority. Fida Jiryis is one of the very few Palestinians who have had \u003ci\u003eall \u003c\/i\u003eof these experiences and, as such, she is able to narrate her people’s diverse modern history from a uniquely personal perspective. Passionate and provocative, Jiryis’s is a story of tragic loss, hope and disappointment, homecoming and alienation.’ — Jonathan Gribetz, Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University, and author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eReading Herzl in Beirut: The PLO’s Research on Judaism and Israel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘More than just an intimate memoir chronicling the tragedy of Palestinian history,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eStranger in My Own Land\u003c\/em\u003e is a finely detailed rendering of how love of family commingles beautifully and essentially with love of country.’ — Moustafa Bayoumi, author, scholar, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecolumnist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Fida Jiryis describes the spiritual damage to herself and her loved ones with ferocious honesty and precision. An essential story and a remarkable achievement.’ — Philip Weiss, founder and co-editor of Mondoweiss\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Palestinian steadfastness stands out in this compelling book, in which Fida Jiryis artfully interweaves her family’s history with that of her colonised homeland and people. Devoid of demonisation and sloganeering, it is a necessary, sobering testimony to Israel’s systemic cruelty.’ — Amira Hass, journalist,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHaaretz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"medium mt-5\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"d-none d-md-block col-md-2 mt-2 wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" height=\"103\" width=\"103\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hurstpublishers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Jiryis-Fida.jpg\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;this.src='http:\/\/hurststaging.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/author.jpg';\"\u003e.   \u003cb\u003eFida Jiryis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a Palestinian writer and editor who has written on life as a Palestinian in Israel and the West Bank. 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Her father, too, seems to belong to a race apart. Frustrated by her hardworking, well-behaved, middle-class public persona, her meeting with a stranger at a gallery one day proves to be the beginning of her road to self-discovery and the start of her realisation that fulfilment in life is indeed possible.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReview\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e'These two women live, to some degree, in every thinking woman.' -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'At a time when nobody else was talking, [El Saadawi] spoke the unspeakable.' -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMargaret Atwood, BBC Imagine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The leading spokeswoman on the status of women in the Arab world' -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'El Saadawi writes with directness and passion' -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A poignant and brave writer' -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'El Saadawi has come to embody the trials of Arab feminism' -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNawal El Saadawi (1931-2021) was an internationally renowned feminist writer and activist from Egypt. She founded and became president of the Arab Women’s Solidarity Association and co-founded the Arab Association for Human Rights. Among her numerous roles in public office she served as Egypt’s National Director of Public Health and stood as a candidate in the 2004 Egyptian presidential elections. El Saadawi held honorary doctorates from the universities of York, Illinois at Chicago, St Andrews and Tromso, and her numerous awards include the Council of Europe North-South Prize, the Women of the Year Award (UK), Sean MacBride Peace Prize (Ireland), and the National Order of Merit (France). She wrote over fifty novels, short stories and non-fiction works which centre on the status of Arab women, which have been translated into more than thirty languages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Nawal El Saadawi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42419741262024,"sku":"","price":75.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/3679\/1752\/products\/twowomeninone.jpg?v=1667478548"},{"product_id":"the-fall-of-the-imam","title":"The Fall of the Imam","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBint Allah knows herself only as the Daughter of God. 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She holds honorary doctorates from the universities of York, Illinois at Chicago, St Andrews and Tromso. Her many prizes and awards include the Great Minds of the Twentieth Century Prize, awarded by the American Biographical Institute in 2003, the North-South Prize from the Council of Europe and the Premi Internacional Catalunya in 2004. 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In Dublin, her best friend Eileen is getting over a break-up and slips back into flirting with Simon, a man she has known since childhood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlice, Felix, Eileen and Simon are still young - but life is catching up with them. They desire each other, they delude each other, they worry about sex and friendship and the times they live in. Will they find a way to believe in a beautiful world?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-extend-content a-expander-content-expanded\" aria-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReview\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"Magnificent . . . Rooney is the best young novelist - indeed one of the best novelists - I've read in years.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e -Olivia Laing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"A tour de force. The dialogue never falters, and the prose burns up the page.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e -Anne Enright, The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"Rooney's strongest writing thus far . . . There is a touching honesty and truthfulness in these pages, along with a quiet brilliance.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e -Diana Evans, The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"Rooney is in a class of her own.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGrazia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"Written with immense skill and illuminated by an endlessly incisive intelligence.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"The book moved me to tears more than once . . . Rooney's best novel.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e -James Marriott, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"Brilliantly done: gripping, steamy, unbearably sad.\" -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"Excellent . . . There is so much to talk about.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Independent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\"Beautiful World, Where Are You\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e is not just worth reading. It's worth thinking about.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-extend-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eSally Rooney is the author of the novels \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eConversations with Friends,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNormal People \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBeautiful World, Where Are You\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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From the icy palettes of winter and the fading hues of autumn to delicate spring growth and the dazzling sunshine and blooms of summer, he captures in calligraphy what countless poets have wrought with words.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMassoudy draws his seasonal inspirations from writers and artists, including Kahlil Gibran, Henri Matisse, Lao Tzu, William Blake and Victor Hugo, as well as from Hungarian, Spanish, Turkish and Japanese proverbs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePresented as a full-colour gift edition featuring 56 colour and 14 black \u0026amp;white calligraphies. 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She later established economic empowerment programs for marginalized women, helping to found an Arab-Jewish school, and creating organizations to promote shared society. Where others come up against obstacles, Amal builds bridges; not by sacrificing her identity, but by embracing it. Each thread of her identity - Bedouin, Arab, woman, feminist, Palestinian and Israeli - is woven into the tent of her life, a tent where no one is left out in the sun.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmal is a founder of several NGOs, including the Arab-Jewish Centre for Equality, Economic Empowerment and Cooperation, and the recipient of many international prizes. 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At first we see the prosperous life of this cosmopolitan city on the Mediterranean - with its old cinemas, lively cafes and brothels, open-air markets, a bustling port and Jaffa's world-famous orange groves - through the lives of the families of Subhi and Shams, but particularly through Subhi. As the story evolves, the indiscriminate bombing of Jaffa and the displacements of Palestinian families begin, and we get a fascinating though dark close-up of how those who remained survived. This novel is a cinematic, though devastating, account of one of the most dramatic and least-known chapters of Palestinian history. It is a portrait of a city and a people irrevocably changed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReview\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\"[\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMother of Strangers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003einvites readers to consider the human cost of the ongoing, tragic conflict in the Middle East. As always, the past is not past.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWashington Independent Review of Books\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Based on a true story, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMother of Strangers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a fable-like historical novel of young love . . . Darkly humorous and touching . . . We're shown this entire messy, glorious universe that existed before war rained down.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A powerful story of love, loss, and the destruction of a nation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBooklist, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003estarred review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Stirring . . . achingly alive . . . Amiry's eye-opening story will keep readers turning the pages.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I was bedazzled by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMother of Strangers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. How extraordinarily brave to weave a story about the destruction of one's city, the displacement of family--separating lovers young and old--and the beginning of the end of Palestine. I loved that Suad Amiry based her novel on a true story. I loved the humor as I clutched my heart.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e--Hanan al Shaykh, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBeirut Blues\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMother Of Strangers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a passionate and a deeply moving story of the price Palestinians paid for the creation of Israel.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e--Michael Palin, author, actor, and member of Monty Python\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSUAD AMIRY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an architect, founder and director of RIWAQ, Centre for Architectural Conservation, in Ramallah. She grew up in Amman, Damascus, Beirut, Cairo, and got her B.A. in architecture at the American University of Beirut, her M.A. in Urban Planning at the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. from Edinburgh. Amiry participated in the 1991-1993 Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations in Washington, D.C. She is the author of six books of non-fiction and several monographs on architecture, and was awarded Italy's Viareggio-Versilia Prize in 2004 for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSharon and my Mother-in-Law\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. She lives in Ramallah.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Suad Amiry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42432863043784,"sku":"","price":100.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/3679\/1752\/products\/81ISDxe-vYL.jpg?v=1668086683"},{"product_id":"afterlives","title":"Afterlives","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile he was still a little boy, Ilyas was stolen from his parents by the German colonial troops. After years away, fighting in a war against his own people, he returns to his village to find his parents gone, and his sister Afiya given away.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnother young man returns at the same time. Hamza was not stolen for the war, but sold into it; he has grown up at the right hand of an officer whose protection has marked him life. With nothing but the clothes on his back, he seeks only work and security - and the love of the beautiful Afiya.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs fate knots these young people together, as they live and work and fall in love, the shadow of a new war on another continent lengthens and darkens, ready to snatch them up and carry them away.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAbdulrazak Gurnah\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021. He is the author of ten novels: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMemory of Departure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePilgrims Way\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDottie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eParadise\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAdmiring Silence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBy the Sea\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(longlisted for the Booker Prize and shortlisted for the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook Award), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDesertion\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Last Gift\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGravel Heart\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAfterlives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Fiction 2021 and longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize. He was Professor of English at the University of Kent, and was a Man Booker Prize judge in 2016. He lives in Canterbury.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Abdulrazak Gurnah","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42432945651912,"sku":"","price":95.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/3679\/1752\/products\/51xGHeinJxL.jpg?v=1668087197"},{"product_id":"paradise","title":"Paradise","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBorn in East Africa, Yusuf has few qualms about the journey he is to make. It never occurs to him to ask why he is accompanying Uncle Aziz or why the trip has been organised so suddenly, and he does not think to ask when he will be returning. But the truth is that his 'uncle' is a rich and powerful merchant and Yusuf has been pawned to him to pay his father's debts. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eParadise\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a rich tapestry of myth, dreams and Biblical and Koranic tradition, the story of a young boy's coming of age against the backdrop of an Africa increasingly corrupted by colonialism and violence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA beautiful story of African life, from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReview\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMany layered, violent, beautiful and strange\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ... a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e poetic and vividly conjure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ed book about Africa and the brooding power of the unknown ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAn aural archive of a lost Africa \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e... Tangling travel adventures, social documentary, political indictment and a doomed love story ... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eParadise\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ealive with the unexpected\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. In it, an obliterated world is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eenthrallingly \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eretrieved ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGurnah evokes his world in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003epoetic prose which is\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003epure and lucid - a small paradise in itself\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ... The pleasures, sadnesses and losses in all the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eshining facets\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of this book are \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003elingering and exquisite\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eParadise\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003erare \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ething, a novel that is totally convincing in the vivid physical world it presents, yet \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003etranscending \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethat world and reaching into the universal. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFolk tale, travel story, drama of love and loss, by turns touching and horrifying, it is a novel to be grateful for\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBarry Unsworth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA gently meandering coming-of-age tale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e -- Michaela Wong ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSpectator, Books of the Year\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Abdulrazak Gurnah","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42432952991944,"sku":"","price":90.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/3679\/1752\/products\/91tT_xcLX2L.jpg?v=1668087265"},{"product_id":"gravel-heart","title":"Gravel Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor seven-year-old Salim, the pillars upholding his small universe - his indifferent father, his adored uncle, his treasured books, the daily routines of government school and Koran lessons - seem unshakeable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut it is the 1970s, and the winds of change are blowing through Zanzibar: suddenly Salim's father is gone, and the island convulses with violence and corruption the wake of a revolution. It will only be years later, making his way through an alien and hostile London, that Salim will begin to understand the shame and exploitation festering at the heart of his family's history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAbdulrazak Gurnah\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021. He is the author of ten novels: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMemory of Departure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePilgrims Way\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDottie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eParadise\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAdmiring Silence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBy the Sea\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(longlisted for the Booker Prize and shortlisted for the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook Award), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDesertion\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Last Gift\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGravel Heart\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAfterlives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Fiction 2021 and longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize. 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Now, at the age of sixty-three, he suffers a collapse that renders him bedbound and unable to speak about things he thought he would one day have to.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJamal and Hanna have grown up and gone out into the world. They were both born in England but cannot shake a sense of apartness. Hanna calls herself Anna now, and has just moved to a new city to be near her boyfriend. She feels the relationship is headed somewhere serious, but the words have not yet been spoken out loud. Jamal, the listener of the family, moves into a student house and is captivated by a young woman with dark-blue eyes and her own, complex story to tell. Abbas's illness forces both children home, to the dark silences of their father and the fretful capability of their mother Maryam, who began life as a foundling and has never thought to find herself, until now.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReview\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e'Abdulrazak Gurnah is a captivating storyteller, with a voice both lyrical and mordant, and an oeuvre haunted by memory and loss' ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gurnah has some of the sharpness and clarity of VS Naipaul and more than a dash of Ben Okri's measured poetic diction' ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As always with Gurnah's writing, you relish his juxtapositions of beauty and bitterness, political edge and personal pain, betrayal and resilience' ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMichele Roberts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gurnah writes beautifully, with the satisfying assurance of someone who knows how to achieve his effects without undue fuss but with absolute precision' ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAbdulrazak Gurnah \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021. He is the author of ten novels: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMemory of Departure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePilgrims Way\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDottie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eParadise\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAdmiring Silence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBy the Sea \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(longlisted for the Booker Prize and shortlisted for the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e Los Angeles Times \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook Award), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDesertion \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Last Gift\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGravel Heart\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAfterlives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Fiction 2021 and longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize. He was Professor of English at the University of Kent, and was a Man Booker Prize judge in 2016. He lives in Canterbury.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Abdulrazak Gurnah","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42433139343560,"sku":"","price":95.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/3679\/1752\/products\/91u3iBQlgEL.jpg?v=1668087913"},{"product_id":"desertion","title":"Desertion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEarly one morning in 1899, in a small town along the coast from Mombasa, Hassanali sets out for the mosque. But he never gets there, for out of the desert stumbles an ashen and exhausted Englishman who collapses at his feet. That man is Martin Pearce - writer, traveller and something of an Orientalist. After Pearce has recuperated, he visits Hassanali to thank him for his rescue and meets Hassanali's sister Rehana; he is immediately captivated. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this crumbling town on the edge of civilised life, with the empire on the brink of a new century, a passionate love affair begins that brings two cultures together and which will reverberate through three generations and across continents.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReview\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRich in detail and filled with acute observations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, this novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003emovingly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e examines the absences eating away at the core of all of its characters ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebeautifully written and pleasurabl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ee as anything I've read ... Gurnah's portrait is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ethe work of a maestro\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eimpressive and deeply serious \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebook, a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e careful and often heartfelt \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eexploration of the way memory inevitably consoles and disappoints us ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eabsorbing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e novel about abandonment and loss ... Gurnah writes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebeautifully\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with the satisfying assurance of someone who knows how to achieve his effects without undue fuss but with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eabsolute precision\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Abdulrazak Gurnah","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42433171521736,"sku":"","price":95.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/3679\/1752\/products\/91KiuftGnNL.jpg?v=1668088038"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/3679\/1752\/collections\/religion.jpg?v=1702486275","url":"https:\/\/educationalbookshop.com\/collections\/good-books.oembed?page=5","provider":"EducationalBookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}