{"product_id":"i-saw-ramallah-paperback","title":"I Saw Ramallah - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMourid Barghouti\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEdward W. Said\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eAhdaf Soueif\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NAGUIB MAHFOUZ MEDAL FOR LITERATURE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA fierce and moving work and an unparalleled rendering of the human aspects of the Palestinian predicament. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Barred from his homeland after 1967's Six-Day War, the poet Mourid Barghouti spent thirty years in exile--shuttling among the world's cities, yet secure in none of them; separated from his family for years at a time; never certain whether he was a visitor, a refugee, a citizen, or a guest. As he returns home for the first time since the Israeli occupation, Barghouti crosses a wooden bridge over the Jordan River into Ramallah and 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 of \"the habitual place and status of a person.\" A tour de force of memory and reflection, lamentation and resilience, \u003ci\u003eI Saw Ramallah \u003c\/i\u003eis a deeply humane book, essential to any balanced understanding of today's Middle East.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the prestigious Naguib Mahfouz Medal, this fierce and moving work is an unparalleled rendering of the human aspects of the Palestinian predicament. \u003cbr\u003eBarred from his homeland after 1967's Six-Day War, the poet Mourid Barghouti spent thirty years in exile--shuttling among the world's cities, yet secure in none of them; separated from his family for years at a time; never certain whether he was a visitor, a refugee, a citizen, or a guest. As he returns home for the first time since the Israeli occupation, Barghouti crosses a wooden bridge over the Jordan River into Ramallah and 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 of \"the habitual place and status of a person.\" A tour de force of memory and reflection, lamentation and resilience, I Saw Ramallah\" is a deeply humane book, essential to any balanced understanding of today's Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMOURID BARGHOUTI\u003c\/b\u003e was born in the West Bank in 1944 and graduated from Cairo University in 1967. His poems have been published in Beirut, Amman, and Cairo, and his collected works were published in Beirut in 1997. He lives in Cairo. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ahdaf Soueif was born in Cairo and educated in Egypt and England. She is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eIn the Eye of the Sun \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Map of Love \u003c\/i\u003eand the story collections \u003ci\u003eAisha \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSandpiper.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Edward W. Said is University Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He is the author of more than twenty books, including \u003ci\u003eOrientalism, Culture and Imperialism, \u003c\/i\u003eand a memoir, \u003ci\u003e Out of Place.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 8.22 x 5.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47436654051506,"sku":"9781400032662","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/dd34fc4f8d63b72e71c9784f847c6231.webp?v=1778646164","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/i-saw-ramallah-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}