By David ShulmanUniversity of Chicago Press, 2007
In Dark Hope, American-born Israeli David Shulman takes readers into the heart of violent clashes between Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Dark Hope is an eye-opening chronicle of Shulman’s work as a member of the peace group Ta‘ayush, which takes its name from the Arabic [...]
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Dark Hope
Posted in Middle East on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and beyond
Posted in Asia, Middle East, Poetry on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Edited by: Tina Chang, Nathalie Handal, and Ravi ShankarV.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2008
This ambitious yet accessible gathering of hundreds of poets from various parts of Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, America, and elsewhere is likely to excite poetry fans as well as those new to poetry. Divided into nine idiosyncratic sections—with titles like [...]
The Steel Veil
Posted in Middle East, Poetry on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Jack MarshallCoffee House Press, 2008
Jack Marshall’s new poems wed depictions of Middle Eastern widows “behind veils heavy / as the steel / veil of empire” with expressions of personal grief and political outrage. Marshall’s distinctive voice and elegant lyrics unite this multilayered collection.
Born in 1936 to Jewish parents who emigrated from Iraq and Syria, [...]
Does the Land Remember Me: A Memoir of Palestine
Posted in Memoir, Middle East on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Aziz Shihab
Syracuse University Press, 2006.
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 [...]
