Does the land remember me? : a memoir of Palestine / Aziz Shihab ; with a foreword by Persis M. Karim.
By: Shihab, Aziz.
Series: Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2007Edition: 1st ed.Description: xxiii, 149 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780815609681; 0815608624 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9780815608622 (hardcover : alk. paper).Subject(s): Shihab, Aziz | Palestinian American journalists -- Biography | Palestinian Arabs -- Social life and customs | West Bank -- Description and travelGenre/Form: Print books.Review: "Summoned by his dying mother, Palestinian-born Aziz Shihab returns from Texas to the homeland he and his family fled as refugees decades earlier. He finds an Israeli occupied land no longer the one of his youth. This gripping book chronicles his month-long journey to capture a piece of the land that haunts him." "Part memoir, part travelogue, it reveals the complexities of leaving behind the past and coming to grips with its abandonment. With his sharp ear for dialogue and with a journalist's eye, Shihab records and considers, sometimes with fond humor, the Palestinian psyche. Family meetings brim with soothing, time-honored ritual and cultural expectations. Vibrant street anecdotes resonate with profound themes like human rights, land dislocation, and poverty. Shihab's stories of departure and return, loss of land and reconnection provide enriching insights into the depth and intricacy of Palestinian culture and history and its legacy of displacement."--BOOK JACKET.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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"Summoned by his dying mother, Palestinian-born Aziz Shihab returns from Texas to the homeland he and his family fled as refugees decades earlier. He finds an Israeli occupied land no longer the one of his youth. This gripping book chronicles his month-long journey to capture a piece of the land that haunts him." "Part memoir, part travelogue, it reveals the complexities of leaving behind the past and coming to grips with its abandonment. With his sharp ear for dialogue and with a journalist's eye, Shihab records and considers, sometimes with fond humor, the Palestinian psyche. Family meetings brim with soothing, time-honored ritual and cultural expectations. Vibrant street anecdotes resonate with profound themes like human rights, land dislocation, and poverty. Shihab's stories of departure and return, loss of land and reconnection provide enriching insights into the depth and intricacy of Palestinian culture and history and its legacy of displacement."--BOOK JACKET.