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Young love, meddling relatives, heart-to-hearts with friends real and imagined – Philistia’s world is that of an ordinary university student, except that in occupied Palestine, and when your father is in indefinite detention, nothing is straightforward.
Philistia is closest to her childhood, and to her late grandmother and her imprisoned father, when she’s at her part-time job washing women’s bodies at the ancient Ottoman hammam in Nablus, the West Bank. A midwife and corpse washer in her time, Grandma Zahia taught Philistia the ritual ablutions and the secrets of the body: the secrets of life and death.
On the brink of adulthood, Philistia embarks on a journey through her country’s history – a magical journey, and one of loss and centuries of occupation.
As trees are uprooted around her, Philistia searches for a place of refuge, a place where she can plant a memory for the ones she’s lost.
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Trees for the Absentees by Ahlam Bsharat is set in the backdrop of historical and contemporary occupations of Palestine with the universally relatable politics of family and community, out now!
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Sad news. We’ve received notice to vacate our premises at Bethnal Green by the end of this week. As a property guardianship, we’ve always been aware that we may be asked to leave with very short notice. We’re disappointed that it has come so soon.
One day in the year 1892, when Edvard Munch was going for a walk near Oslo, the sky turned blood red.
He went home and created one of the most famous works of art in history.
But what is The Scream screaming about?
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‘Set in the backdrop of historical and contemporary occupations of Palestine with the universally relatable politics of family and community, this small book was a mighty experience.’ —Dr Sofia Rehman, PhD scholar in Islam.
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Children of War, written by Ahmet Yorulmaz and translated by Paula Darwish, is a powerful novel drawn from the diary of a refugee family evoking the beauty, complexity and trauma of Crete’s past and weaves it into a moving tale of an ordinary man living through extraordinary times.
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‘A witty, globally-scoped exposé of corporate greed and environmentalism told through an absorbing character-rich tale.’ LoveReading Recommends
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