Books set in Palestine (55)
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The Sea Cloak & other stories by Nayrouz Qarmout EN
SyriaDescription:
A collection of 14 stories by the author, journalist, and women's rights campaigner, Nayrouz Qarmout. Drawing from her own experiences growing up in a Syrian refugee camp, as well as her current life in Gaza, these stories stitch together a patchwork of different perspectives into what it means to be a woman in Palestine today. Whether following the daily struggles of orphaned children fighting to survive in the rubble of recent bombardments, or mapping the complex, cultural tensions between different generations of refugees in wider Gazan society, these stories offer rare insights into one of... continue
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The Skin and Its Girl by Sarah Cypher EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A young, queer Palestinian American woman pieces together her great aunt’s secrets in this sweeping debut, a family saga confronting questions of sexual identity, exile, and lineage. In a Pacific Northwest hospital far from the Rummani family’s ancestral home in Palestine, the heart of a stillborn baby begins to beat and her skin turns a vibrant, permanent cobalt blue. On the same day, the Rummanis’ centuries-old soap factory in Nablus is destroyed in an air strike. The family matriarch and keeper of all Rummani lore, Aunt Nuha, believes that the blue girl embodies their sacred history, harken... continue
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The Twenty-Ninth Year by Hala Alyan EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Wild, lyrical poems that examine the connections between physical and interior migration, from award-winning Palestinian American poet, novelist, and clinical psychologist Hala Alyan, author of Salt Houses.
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They Called Me a Lioness : A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom by Ahed Tamimi, Dena Takruri EN
PalestineDescription:
A Palestinian activist jailed at sixteen after a confrontation with Israeli soldiers illuminates the daily struggles of life under occupation in this moving, deeply personal memoir. “I cannot even begin to convey the clarity, the intensity, the power, the photographic storytelling of They Called Me a Lioness.”—Ibram X. Kendi, internationally bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Kirkus Reviews “What would you do if you grew up seeing your home repeatedly raided? Your parents arrested? Your mother shot? Your uncle killed? Try, for just a moment, to ima... continue
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THEY FELL LIKE STARS FROM THE SKY AND OTHER STORIES. by Sheikha Helawy EN
IndiaDescription:
"They Fell Like Stars from the Sky and Other Stories is a collection of eighteen short stories celebrating the courage, resilience, tragedies and triumphs of Bedouin Palestinian women and girls. From a woman whose tattoo arouses the alarm of sexual taboos to the young girls whose curiosities of womanhood spark endearment, and from the tragic outcome of a husband consumed by jealousy of his wife's teenage love to the ecstatic love of an elderly woman for the game of football, these stories offer mesmerising portraits of life on the margins. Featuring beautiful illustrations throughout, They Fel... continue
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Thyme Travellers : An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction by Sonia Sulaiman EN
Description:
Thyme Travellers collects fourteen of the Palestinian diaspora’s best voices in speculative fiction. Speculative fiction as a genre invites a reconfiguring of reality, and here each story is a portal into realms of history, folklore and futures. A man stands on the shore waiting to commune with those who live in the ocean. Pilgrims stretch into the distance, passing a stone cairn with a mysterious light streaming from it. Two Australian women fervently dig a tunnel to Jerusalem. Men from Gaza swim in the sea until they drown, still unconcerned. A father and son struggle to connect over the AI ... continue
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Touch by Adania Shibli EN
Description:
A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
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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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Während die Welt schlief by Susan Abulhawa DE
KuwaitDescription:
Jenin im Blumenmonat April: Frühmorgens, bevor die Welt um sie herum erwacht, liest Amals Vater ihr aus den Werken großer Dichter vor. Es sind Momente des Friedens und des Glücks, die Amal ihr Leben lang im Herzen trägt — ein Leben, das im Flüchtlingslager beginnt, nach Amerika führt und dennoch stets geprägt ist vom scheinbar ausweglosen Konflikt zwischen Israel und Palästina. Über vier Generationen erzählt Susan Abulhawa eine tief berührende Geschichte über den Verlust der Heimat, eine zerrissene Familie und die immerwährende Hoffnung auf Versöhnung.