On this journey, I’m joined by Alia and Safiya as we discuss
- Reading iconic poems in translation
- Literature as second-hand experience of traumatic and painful events
- Memory and connection in Palestinian writing and experience
- Establishing justice as a fundamental purpose in Palestine and the world
Book in focus: A Map of Absence: An Anthology of Palestinian Writing on the Nakba, ed. by Atef Alshaer (Palestine)
Find out more about Alia and Safiya in their guest profiles here.
Special thanks to Saqi Books for providing a digital copy of this book.
Palestinian book suggestions
- Velvet (original title: مخمل) by Huzama Habayeb – Maya, @mayaabualhayy
- Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa – Yazeed, @yazeeds.reads
- The Woman from Tantoura (original title: الطنطورية) by Radwa Ashour – Yara, @yara_reads
- Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa (Arabic trans. title: بينما ينام العالم) – Zenah, @mattarx
Other episodes mentioned
Other books mentioned
- Victims of a Map: A Bilingual Anthology of Arabic Poetry, ed. by Abdullah Al-Udhari
- Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
- Sharon and my Mother-in-Law: Ramallah Diaries by Suad Amiry
Related resources
- Al-Nakba Special Series – Al-Jazeera English (video series, also available in Arabic here)
- هل سألت نفسك: كيف بدأت قضية فلسطين (video – in Arabic)
- حرب النكبة فلسطين 1948 War (video – in Arabic)
- ما هي اتفاقية أوسلو وعملية السلام 1993 ؟ (video – in Arabic)
- كل ما تحتاج أن تعرفه عن اتفاقية أوسلو 1993 وعملية السلام في فلسطين (video – in Arabic)
- Balfour Declaration (article)
- Christian Zionism in the United Kingdom (Wikipedia page)
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