Being There, Being Here: Palestinian Writings in the World

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Al-Araby

The variations of Palestinian literature, both in terms of language and themes, are discussed in depth in Maurice Ebileeni’s recent book, Being There, Being Here: Palestinian Writings in the World. The 1948 Nakba played a major role in shaping Palestinian literature. The shared experience encompassing various trajectories, from internal displacement to exile abroad, shaped Palestinian narrations and writings as they engage not only with their experience of Palestine or their elders’ memory of Palestine, but also with their current political and social space. “It is important to acknowledge tha…

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