Sahar Khalifeh

Of Noble Origins: A Palestinian Novel

Buch

The Qahtan are a Palestinian family that claims to have originated in the Arabian Peninsula, descended from the family of the Prophet Muhammad. This connection has given its members a certain ascendancy in their society, and has influenced their cultural and political choices. The true test occurs when the Qahtanis, like other Palestinians, confront two enemies after the First World War: the British Mandate and the Zionist movement. Observing the gradual and increasing illegal Jewish immigration and land appropriation, the Palestinians come to realize they have been betrayed by a power that fulfilled their promises to the Jews and… Mehr

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ISBN: 978-977-416-542-9
EAN: 9789774165429
Produktnummer: 11818807
Verlag: Amer Univ In Cairo Pr
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 304 S.
Masse: H22.8 cm x B14.9 cm x D2.2 cm 515 g
Gewicht: 515

Über den Autor

Sahar Khalifeh was born in Nablus in 1941 and is the author of eight novels. She holds a Ph.D. in women's studies and American literature from the University of Iowa. She divides her time between Amman and Nablus. She is the author of The Inheritance (AUC Press, 2005) and The Image, the Icon, and the Covenant (AUC Press, 2007), for which she won the Naguib Mahfouz 2003 Medal for Literature, and End of Spring (AUC Press, 2007).Aida Bamia is professor emerita of Arabic language and literature at the University of Florida. She is the translator of The Inheritance (AUC Press, 2005), The Image, the Icon, and the Covenant (AUC Press, 2007), Papa Sartre by Ali Bader (AUC Press, 2009), and Heart of the Night by Naguib Mahfouz (AUC Press, 2011).