Contemporary fiction books from Palestine
Recommended contemporary fiction books (5)
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If you are into contemporary fiction here are some contemporary fiction books from Palestine for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Haifa Fragments by Khulud Khamis EN
Description:
As a designer of jewelry, Maisoon wants an ordinary extraordinary life, which isn t easy for a tradition-defying activist and Palestinian citizen of Israel who refuses to be crushed by the feeling that she is an unwelcome guest in the land of her ancestors. She volunteers for the Machsom Watch, an organization that helps children in the Occupied Territories cross the border to receive medical care. Frustrated by her boyfriend Ziyad and her father, who both want her to get on with life and forget those in the Occupied Territories, she lashes out only to discover her father isn t the man she tho... continue
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The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem EN
Description:
What if all Palestinians vanished from their homeland overnight?
Alaa, a young Palestinian, is haunted by his grandmother’s memories of being displaced from Jaffa and becoming a refugee in her homeland. Ariel, Alaa’s neighbour and friend, is a liberal Zionist, critical of the military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza yet faithful to the project of Israel. When he wakes up one morning to find that all Palestinians have suddenly vanished, Ariel begins searching for clues to the secret of the collective disappearance; that search, and his reaction to it, intimately reveal the f... continue
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Trees for the Absentees by Ahlam Bsharat EN
Description:
Young love, meddling aunts, heart-to-hearts with friends real and imagined, Philistia's world is that of an ordinary student. Except in Palestine, and with your father in jail, nothing is ordinary.
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We Are All Equally Far From Love by Adania Shibli EN
Description:
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