A Map of Absence
An Anthology of Palestinian Writing on the Nakba
Published on 13. May 2019
320 pages
978-0-86356-995-1 (ISBN)
Description
A Map of Absence presents the finest poetry and prose by Palestinian writers over the last seventy years. Featuring writers in the diaspora and those living under occupation, these striking entries pay testament to one of the most pivotal events in modern history - the 1948 Nakba. This unique, landmark anthology includes translated excerpts of works by major authors such as Mahmoud Darwish, Ghassan Kanafani and Fadwa Tuqan alongside those of emerging writers, published here in English for the first time. Depicting the varied aspects of Palestinian life both before and after 1948, their writings highlight the ongoing resonances of the Nakba. An intimate companion for all lovers of world literature, A Map of Absence reveals the depth and breadth of Palestinian writing.
Reviews / Votes
`In this crucial anthology, Palestine's greatest classic and contemporary writers use the poetry and rigour of their words to delineate both the trauma of the past and the continuities of exile, oppression and resistance.' Molly Crabapple; `An essential collection of vital voices ... Palestinian literature and thought are defiantly alive and pushing boundaries in fiction, poetry, memoir and reportage.' Bidisha; `This anthology brilliantly brings together seminal writings on the Nakba. It will be of interest to students of literature as well as those wishing to learn about Palestine for a long time to come.' Yasir Suleiman, University of Cambridge and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies; `This collection sings of more than just suffering - remembrance and beauty, too.' Fatima BhuttoMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
File size
0,74 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-86356-995-1 (9780863569951)
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05/2019
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Person
Atef Alshaer is a lecturer in Arabic Studies at the University of Westminster. He was educated at Birzeit University in Palestine and the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, where he obtained his PhD and taught for a number of years. His other publications include Poetry and Politics in the Modern Arab World and Love and Poetry in the Middle East (forthcoming).
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Ibrahim Tuqan
- My Homeland
- Red Tuesday
- Ghassan Kanafani, A Present for the Holiday
- Abdelrahim Mahmoud
- The Martyr
- The Aqsa Mosque
- Abdelkarim Al-Karmi, We Will Return
- Samira Azzam, Man and His Alarm Clock
- Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
- Hunters in a Narrow Street
- In the Deserts of Exile
- Emile Habibi, The Secret Life of Saeed, The Pessoptimist
- Edward Said
- On His Experience of the Nakba
- Jerusalem Revisited
- Mahmoud Darwish
- To Our Land
- At a Train Station that Fell Off the Map
- On This Earth
- I Am from There
- Standing Before the Ruins of Al-Birweh
- Samih Al-Qassim
- So What If
- The End of a Discussion with a Prison Guard
- Kafr Qassim
- Travel Tickets
- Persona Non Grata
- Fadwa Tuqan
- Hamza
- Labour Pains
- The Deluge and The Tree
- Call of the Land
- Tawfiq Zayyad
- I Call to You
- We Shall Remain
- On the Trunk of an Olive Tree
- Muin Bseiso
- 'NO!'
- The Vinegar Cup
- Rashid Hussein
- Without a Passport
- Against
- Taha Muhammad Ali, Exodus
- Salem Jubran, Refugee
- Ahmad Dahbour
- The Prison
- New Suggestions
- May Sayigh, Departure
- Izzuddin Manasra, Dawn Visitors
- Sahar Khalifeh, Wild Thorns
- Salma Khadra Jayyusi, Without Roots
- Salman Abu Sitta, Mapping My Return
- Ghada Karmi, In Search of Fatima
- Yahya Yakhlif, The Hyena
- Ibrahim Nasrallah
- Street Olives
- Settlement
- Elias Khoury, Gate of the Sun
- Ghassan Zaqtan
- Remembering the Grandmother
- Beyond That
- Four Sisters From Zakariya
- Beirut, August 1982
- A Picture of the House in Beit Jala
- Naomi Shihab Nye
- Different Ways to Pray
- Blood
- Everything in Our World Did Not Seem to Fit
- How Palestinians Keep Warm
- Nathalie Handal
- Echoes: A Historical Afterward
- Here
- The Oranges
- Gaza City
- Jenin
- Bethlehem
- Sharif S. Elmusa
- Flawed Landscape
- In the Refugee Camp
- Liana Badr, One Sky
- Raba'i al-Madhoun, The Lady from Tel Aviv
- Selma Dabbagh, Out of It
- Ramzy Baroud, Under the Open Sky
- Fady Joudah
- Mimesis
- Immune
- Sleeping Trees
- Still Life
- Hanan Ashrawi
- Hadeel's Song
- From the Diary of an Almost-Four-Year-Old
- Sayed Kashua, On Nakba Day
- Lisa Suhair Majaj, Fifty Years On
- Adania Shibli, Out of Time
- Zuheir Abu Shayeb, Martyr
- Najwan Darwish, Nothing More to Lose
- Maya Abu Al-Hayyat
- Children
- I'm a Destitute Woman
- Return
- Remi Kanazi
- Nakba
- A Poem for Gaza
- Toufic Haddad, Jiddo
- Atef Abu Saif, The Drone Eats with Me
- Ghayath Almadhoun
- Schizophrenia
- How I Became.
- Massacre
- Ashraf Fayadh
- Being a Refugee
- The Last of the Line of Refugee Descendants
- Cracked Skin
- Dareen Tatour
- Resist, My People, Resist Them
- A Poet Behind Bars
- Amira Sakalla
- Poetry of Resistance
- Palestine from the Sky
- We Weren't Supposed to Survive But We Did
- About the Contributors
- Credits
