02716cam a2200397 i 4500 23214114 20251202114243.0 230704s2024 cauab b 000 0ceng 2023029788 9781503628397 (hardcover) 23214114 CSt/DLC eng rda DLC DLC AU pcc a-is--- awba--- awgz--- Alfaisal Main Library CT1919.P375 S29 2024 Hermez, Sami, 1977- author. My brother, my land : a story from Palestine / Sami Hermez, with Sireen Sawalha. Story from Palestine Stanford, California : Redwood Press, ©2024 296 pages illustrations, maps ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. "Mother is going to give birth" -- "Don't leave me here" -- A promise and a pledge -- "Hold onto me" -- Return. "In 1967, Sireen Sawalha's mother, with her young children, walked back to Palestine against the traffic of exile. My Brother, 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, Sami Hermez, with Sireen Sawalha, crafts a rich story of intertwining voices, mixing genres of oral history, memoir, and creative nonfiction. Through the lives of the Sawalha family, and the story of Iyad's involvement in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hermez confronts readers with the politics and complexities of armed resistance and the ethical tensions and contradictions that arise, 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, angry, or empowered, they will certainly emerge with a deeper understanding of the Palestinian predicament"-- Sawalha, Sireen, 1966- Family. Palestinian Arabs West Bank Biography. Arab-Israeli conflict Personal narratives, Palestinian. Arab-Israeli conflict Occupied territories History. Biographies. lcgft Sawalha, Sireen, 1966- author. Online version: Hermez, Sami Samir, 1977- My brother, my land Stanford, California : Redwood Press, 2024 9781503637061 (DLC) 2023029789 lcc BOOKS 608079 608079 0 0 lcc 0 0 AU AU GEN 2025-12-02 0 CT1919.P375 S29 2024 AU00000000021066 2025-12-02 11:43:55 105.00 2025-12-02 BOOKS