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The Book of Ramallah
A City in Short Fiction
Taschenbuch von Ahlam Bsharat (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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"Unlike most other Palestinian cities, Ramallah is a relatively new town, a de facto capital of the West Bank allowed to thrive after the Oslo Peace Accords, but just as quickly hemmed in and suffocated by the Occupation as the Accords have failed. Perched along the top of a mountainous ridge, it plays host to many contradictions: traditional Palestinian architecture jostling against aspirational developments and cultural initiatives, a thriving nightlife in one district, with much more conservative, religious attitudes in the next. Most striking however--as these stories show--is the quiet dignity, resilience, and humour of its people; citizens who take their lives into their hands every time they travel from one place to the next, who continue to live through countless sieges, and yet still find the time, and resourcefulness, to create"--
"Unlike most other Palestinian cities, Ramallah is a relatively new town, a de facto capital of the West Bank allowed to thrive after the Oslo Peace Accords, but just as quickly hemmed in and suffocated by the Occupation as the Accords have failed. Perched along the top of a mountainous ridge, it plays host to many contradictions: traditional Palestinian architecture jostling against aspirational developments and cultural initiatives, a thriving nightlife in one district, with much more conservative, religious attitudes in the next. Most striking however--as these stories show--is the quiet dignity, resilience, and humour of its people; citizens who take their lives into their hands every time they travel from one place to the next, who continue to live through countless sieges, and yet still find the time, and resourcefulness, to create"--
Über den Autor
Maya Abu Al-Hayat is a Beirut-born Palestinian novelist and poet living in Jerusalem, but working in Ramallah. She has published two poetry books, numerous children's stories, and three novels, including her latest, No One Knows His Blood Type (Dar Al-Adab, 2013). She is the director of the Palestine Writing Workshop, an institution that seeks to encourage reading in Palestinian communities through creative writing projects and storytelling with children and teachers. She contributed to and wrote a forward for A Bird is Not a Stone: An Anthology of Contemporary Palestinian Poetry.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781912697427
ISBN-10: 1912697424
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Bsharat, Ahlam
Jaber, Ahmad
Hamad, Ameer
Abu Rhama, Anas
Nasrallah, Ibrahim
Hourani, Khaled
Badr, Liana
Shukeir, Mahmoud
Khadash, Ziad
Redaktion: Abu Al-Hayat, Maya
Hersteller: Comma Press
Maße: 198 x 131 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: Ahlam Bsharat (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.03.2021
Gewicht: 0,135 kg
Artikel-ID: 119029055
Über den Autor
Maya Abu Al-Hayat is a Beirut-born Palestinian novelist and poet living in Jerusalem, but working in Ramallah. She has published two poetry books, numerous children's stories, and three novels, including her latest, No One Knows His Blood Type (Dar Al-Adab, 2013). She is the director of the Palestine Writing Workshop, an institution that seeks to encourage reading in Palestinian communities through creative writing projects and storytelling with children and teachers. She contributed to and wrote a forward for A Bird is Not a Stone: An Anthology of Contemporary Palestinian Poetry.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781912697427
ISBN-10: 1912697424
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Bsharat, Ahlam
Jaber, Ahmad
Hamad, Ameer
Abu Rhama, Anas
Nasrallah, Ibrahim
Hourani, Khaled
Badr, Liana
Shukeir, Mahmoud
Khadash, Ziad
Redaktion: Abu Al-Hayat, Maya
Hersteller: Comma Press
Maße: 198 x 131 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: Ahlam Bsharat (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.03.2021
Gewicht: 0,135 kg
Artikel-ID: 119029055
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