Now widely available for the first time in the United States, this fierce and moving work is an unparalleled rendering of the human aspects of the Palestinian predicament. Barred from his homeland after 1967's Six-Day War, the poet Mourid Barghouti spent thirty years in exile -- separated from his family, never certain whether he was a visitor, refugee, citizen, or guest. As he returns home for the first time since the Israeli occupation, Barghouti is unable to recognize the city of his youth. Sifting through memories of ...
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Now widely available for the first time in the United States, this fierce and moving work is an unparalleled rendering of the human aspects of the Palestinian predicament. Barred from his homeland after 1967's Six-Day War, the poet Mourid Barghouti spent thirty years in exile -- separated from his family, never certain whether he was a visitor, refugee, citizen, or guest. As he returns home for the first time since the Israeli occupation, Barghouti is unable to recognize the city of his youth. Sifting through memories of the old Palestine as they come up against what he now encounters in this mere "idea of Palestine, " he discovers what it means to be deprived not only of a homeland but also of "the habitual place and status of a person." A tour de force of memory and reflection, lamentation and resilience, I Saw Ramallah is essential to any balanced understanding of today's Middle East.
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The American University in Cairo Press. Winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature. Translated by Ahdaf Soueif. Foreword by Edward W. Said. Clean Text, No Water Damage. Unless Listed in this decription, VG or Better.
