Return
A Palestinian Memoir
Published on 19. May 2015
336 pages
978-1-78168-843-4 (ISBN)
Description
"The journey filled me with bitterness and grief. I remember looking down on a nighttime Tel Aviv from the windows of a place taking me back to London and thinking hopelessly, 'flotsam and jetsam, that's what we've become, scattered and divided. There's no room for us or our memories here. And it won't be reversed.'"
Having grown up in Britain following her family's exile from Palestine, doctor, author and academic Ghada Karmi leaves her adoptive home in a quest to return to her homeland. She starts work with the Palestinian Authority and gets a firsthand understanding of its bizarre bureaucracy under Israel's occupation.
In her quest, she takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the heart of one of the world's most intractable conflict zones and one of the major issues of our time. Visiting places she has not seen since childhood, her unique insights reveal a militarised and barely recognisable homeland, and her home in Jerusalem, like much of the West Bank, occupied by strangers. Her encounters with politicians, fellow Palestinians, and Israeli soldiers cause her to question what role exiles like her have in the future of their country and whether return is truly possible.
Having grown up in Britain following her family's exile from Palestine, doctor, author and academic Ghada Karmi leaves her adoptive home in a quest to return to her homeland. She starts work with the Palestinian Authority and gets a firsthand understanding of its bizarre bureaucracy under Israel's occupation.
In her quest, she takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the heart of one of the world's most intractable conflict zones and one of the major issues of our time. Visiting places she has not seen since childhood, her unique insights reveal a militarised and barely recognisable homeland, and her home in Jerusalem, like much of the West Bank, occupied by strangers. Her encounters with politicians, fellow Palestinians, and Israeli soldiers cause her to question what role exiles like her have in the future of their country and whether return is truly possible.
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Edition
Ebook UK & RoW
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-1-78168-843-4 (9781781688434)
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05/2015
Verso Books
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Person
Ghada Karmi was born in Jerusalem and trained as a doctor of medicine at Bristol University. She established the first British-Palestinian medical charity in 1972 and was an Associate Fellow at the Royal Institute for International Affairs. Her previous books include Jerusalem Today: What Future for the Peace Process? and the best-selling In Search of Fatima. She writes frequently for the Guardian and the Nation.
Content
- Intro
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Author's Note
- Prologue
- Chapter 1: Journey to Ramallah
- Chapter 2: The Ministry of Media and Communications
- Chapter 3: The Separation Wall
- Chapter 4: Dr Farid
- Chapter 5: A Concert in Nablus
- Chapter 6: A Tale of Two Ministers
- Chapter 7: A Trip to Jerusalem
- Chapter 8: Hebron
- Chapter 9: Interlude in Amman
- Chapter 10: Evenings with My Father
- Chapter 11: Gaza
- Chapter 12: A Gaza Kidnapping
- Chapter 13: Qalqilya, the Walled City
- Chapter 14: The City of David
- Chapter 15: Fatima
- Chapter 16: Motherhood
- Chapter 17: The Conference
- Epilogue
- On the Typeface
