Being Palestinian: Personal Reflections on Palestinian Identity in the Diaspora - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1474405398 ISBN 13 : 9781474405393

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2016

Synopsis

How does it feel when you cannot find Palestine under P in the encyclopaedia your father brings home? Why cultivate fig and orange trees in the Arizona desert? What does it mean to know every inch of a village you have never seen, a village that no longer exists? In this groundbreaking volume, 102 Palestinians in North America and the United Kingdom reflect in their own words on what it means to be Palestinian in the diaspora. Men and women, young and old, Christians and Muslims, including well-known academics, poets, writers, faith leaders and singers, reveal their tangled ties to home and homeland , exploring how Palestine in the diaspora can be both lost and found, bereaved and celebrated, lived and longed-for. Touching, often troubling, but full of character and wit, the reflections in Being Palestinian offer a radically fresh look at the modern Palestinian experience in the West. And the time-honoured issues of identity, exile and diaspora give acute sense to these very personal reflections.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Yasir Suleiman is the first holder of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Sa'id Chair of Modern Arabic Studies and a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1474405398
• ISBN 13: 9781474405393
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Éditeur: Suleiman-Malley Yasir
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible