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Set in Palestinian refugee camp Tal el-Zaatar, where the Lebanese civil war first started, this tells of Aisha and her upbringing during the massacre which forced Palestinians to leave the camp. Using a mosaic of eye-witness accounts, Liana Badr presents a rewriting of Palestinian history.
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'"Fourishes of grand narrative [and] rich poetic prose" --Times Literary Supplement
"Skillful in story-telling and dramatisation . . . excels in capturing death red-handed, and in portraying it with all its drama and irony." --Umar Shabanah, Al-Hayat Newspaper
"A record of the Palestinians' collective memory, for which death is lurking in all directions, but which clings to birth and life." --Msa Barhumah, Sawt al-Watan
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"Skillful in story-telling and dramatisation . . . excels in capturing death red-handed, and in portraying it with all its drama and irony." --Umar Shabanah, Al-Hayat Newspaper
"A record of the Palestinians' collective memory, for which death is lurking in all directions, but which clings to birth and life." --Msa Barhumah, Sawt al-Watan
Palestinian writer Liana Badr has lived in Lebanon, Damascus, Tunis, Amman, and returned to Palestine in 1994. Her works have been translated into a number of languages, and mainly focus on themes of women and war, and exile.
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- PublisherGarnet Publishing
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 1859640206
- ISBN 13 9781859640203
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages280
- EditorFaqir Fadia
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