Golda Slept Here
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Politics enters the lives of every family in Palestine. In this literary-historical tour de force, Suad Amiry traces the lives of individual members of Palestinian families and, through them, the histories of both Palestine and the emigre Palestinian community in other countries of the Middle East. Amiry mixes nostalgia with anger while mocking Israeli doublespeak that seeks to wipe out any trace of a Palestinian past in West Jerusalem. She juxtaposes serial bombardments and personal tragedies; evokes the sights and smells of Palestinian architecture and food; and weaves for us the tapestry that is the Palestinian reality, caught between official histories and private memories. Through poetry and prose, monologue and dialogue, we glimpse the lost Palestinian landscape, obscured by the silent battle between remembering and forgetting.
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PUBLISHED
Doha, Qatar : Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing, 2014.
Year Published: 2014
Description: 201 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9789927101434
SUBJECTS
Confiscations -- Palestine.
Enemy property.
Palestinian Arabs -- Housing.
Palestinian Arabs -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Arab-Israeli conflict -- Confiscations and contributions.
Arabic language materials.
Palestine -- Emigration and immigration.
Palestine -- Politics and government -- 1948-