The Woman from Tantoura A Palestinian Novel

Palestine. For most of us, the word brings to mind a series of confused images and disjointed associations-massacres, refugee camps, UN resolutions, settlements, terrorist attacks, war, occupation, checkered *kouffiyehs* and suicide bombers, a seemingly endless cycle of death and destruction. This novel does not shy away from such painful images, but it is first and foremost a powerful human story, following the life of a young girl from her days in the village of al-Tantoura in Palestine up to the dawn of the new century. We participate in events as they unfold, seeing them through the uneducated but sharply intelligent mind of Ruqayya, as she tries to make sense of all that has happened to her and her family. With her, we live her love of her land and of her people; we feel the repeated pain of loss, of diaspora and of cross-generational misunderstanding; and above all, we come to know her indomitable human spirit. As we read we discover that we have become part of Ruqayya's fa...

Author: Ashour Radwa
ISBN: 9789774166150
Year of publication: 2014
Translator: Heikkinen Kay
Genre: Documentary: other
Number of pages: 395
Reading time: 6 h. 35 min.
Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF
Language: english
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