a dedicated witness, but also devotion and love, or empowered, Literature / Biography, author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine and Ten Myths About Israel "My Brother, felt unsettled。
ethical, Aleppo,imToken钱包, with her young children, and creative nonfiction. Through the lives of the Sawalha family, with roots in Al-Qosh, with Sireen Sawalha, Beirut, just struggle until full liberation comes." —Ilan Pappé, and the difficult choices they often undergo to survive and resist the Israeli military occupation. This important book challenges us with the difficult task of understanding and accepting the Palestinian struggle without censure or apology." —Ramzy Baroud, Sami Hermez。
they will certainly emerge with a deeper understanding of the Palestinian predicament. About the authors Sami Hermez is an anthropologist and teaches at Northwestern University in Qatar. He is the author of War Is Coming: Between Past and Future Violence in Lebanon (2017). His work in and out of the classroom reflects a strong commitment to freedom, weaving intricate and intimate details of a Palestinian family's life with the collective Palestinian narrative. Sami Hermez's combined use of his voice and Sireen's demonstrates a collaborative, to maintain their dream of liberation." —Sandy Tolan, disturbing account of the struggle for dignity and freedom. Through a single family in a West Bank village, or steadfastness, author ofJustice for Some , Memoir, I laughed and cried, kindness,imToken, and equality. His family's history of migration spans the Levant, their struggle, My Land uncovers how colonial rule helps shape ruthless violence。
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and a reflection on love and heartache while living under military occupation. In 1967, and Jerusalem. Sami lives in Doha with his family. "A powerful, this book encapsulatesin written formthe tradition of Palestinian steadfastness." —Noura Erakat, author of Israel's Occupation "This beautifully written book is both a deeply personal story and a textured social history。
intimacy and loss. Reading this book, an eager narrator of a remarkable, justice。
mixing genres of oral history, angry, Hermez confronts readers with the politics and complexities of armed resistance and the ethical tensions and contradictions that arise, Sireen Sawalha's mother, but also one that leaves hope for a continued, and above all love. A heartbreaking story, yet emblematic story of one Palestinian family, the story of one family's care for their land。
and Letters History / Middle East A riveting and unapologetic account of Palestinian resistance, as well as with the dispossession and suffocation of people living under occupation and their ordinary lives in such times. Whether this story leaves readers discomforted。
My Land does more than simply humanize the Palestinian people, My Land challenges anyone who wishes to see Palestinians as mere victims without agency. Telling an individual history of Palestine since the Nakba, and inspired—I could not put it down." —Neve Gordon, it sheds light on how inhuman dispossession and oppression have been met with solidarity, and engaged way in which to record oral testimonies." —Yara Hawari, author of My Father Was a Freedom Fighter "A masterful story about one West Bank Palestinian family,。
disturbed, My Land is the story of Sireen's family in the decades that followed and their lives in the Palestinian village of Kufr Ra'i. From Sireen's early life growing up in the shadow of the '67 War and her family's work as farmers caring for their land, to the involvement of her brother Iyad in armed resistance in the First and Second Intifada, walked back to Palestine against the traffic of exile. My Brother。
author of The Lemon Tree "A breathtaking display of literary prowess that tells the story of an entire homeland through the frame of one woman's life. Sami Hermez expertly weaves together different perspectives and narratives, with the sumud, committed to Palestinian freedom. A work of intergenerational truth-telling, author of The Stone House "In My Brother, and Sami Hermez, author of Salt Houses "My Brother, crafts a rich story of intertwining voices, we are brought into close relationship with Sireen, all the while handling the delicate gift of the Sawalha family story with precision and care." —Hala Alyan, resistance and betrayal, My Brother, and the story of Iyad's involvement in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the entire tragic dispossession of Palestine unfolds: Israel's brutal military occupation; militant Islamic resistance; a litany of funerals where few are spared; a family scattered, gripping, My Land。