Time of White Horses
About the book
Three generations of a Palestinian family live through the end of Ottoman rule and the British Mandate before 1948.
Original title: زمن الخيول البيضاء (Zaman al-khuyul al-bayda)
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Jordan
Ibrahim Nasrallah is a Jordanian writer of Palestinian origin. His expansive saga brings a national literary tradition into conversation with Palestinian experience. Fadia Faqir opens a further route through women's experiences, migration and family conflict. Hisham Bustani's short forms contrast with Nasrallah's historical scope.
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- Time of White HorsesIbrahim Nasrallah
- Pillars of SaltFadia Faqir
- The Perception of MeaningHisham Bustani
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A teacher in an isolated desert settlement experiences the breakdown of identity and reality.
Original title: براري الحمى
Pillars of Salt
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Two women confined in a psychiatric hospital recount patriarchal violence and colonial Jordan.
My Name Is Salma
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Flight from honour violence takes Salma to England without freeing her from memories of her lost daughter.
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The Perception of Meaning
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Flash fictions create a sardonic collage of the contemporary world, its violence and media absurdities.
Original title: إدراك الحواس
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A broad historical novel takes readers to eighteenth-century Palestine.
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The Lanterns of the King of Galilee
American University in Cairo Press
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