Anthology of Modern Palestinian Literature

AcknowledgmentsList of DonorsChronology of Modern Palestinian History\ Introduction: Palestinian Literature in Modern Times\ POETRY\ Yusuf 'Abal al-'AzizThe TravelerThe HouseA PlaceMistA SongThe Shaqueef Moon\ Khalid Abu KhalidPrayer to the Tremor of the Final Evening\ Yusuf Abu LauzTrees on Maryam's SleevesMaryam in the GrassTress of WordsYour Talk or the Vodka\ Abu SalmaMy Country on Partition DayWe Shall ReturnI Love You More\ Zubair Abu ShayibFever of QuestionsProbabilitiesHandsome and TallMartyrPsalm\ Taba Muhammad 'AliThrombosisExodus\ Laila 'AllushThe Path of AffectionA New Creation\ Naji 'AllushOn the Shore\ 'Abol al-Latif 'Aql"From Jersalem to the Gulf"On the Presence of Absence\ Muhammad al-As'adPersonal AccountA SongProphetsSingersThe Earth also DiesWhen the Inhabitants of the Planets ConverseWho\ Mureed BarghouthyThe TribesThe GuardsDesireAn OfficialLiberationCertaintyExceptionI Run toward You... I Run with YouA Vision\ Mu'een BseisoAladdin's Lamp for Sahba'Diary of Old Man DefectorThe Vinegar CupSailor Returning from Occupied ShoresFootstepsI Was Already Dead!\ Hasan al-BuhairiOrange BlossomsThe Malady and The Cure\ Ahmad DahbourNew SuggestionsThe Terms of AmbitionI Do Not Renounce MadnessOur Country\ Waleed KhazindarBelongingHousesAt LeastBramblesYou Will Arrive: BewilderedThat DayAbsenceThe Storm\ Rasim al-MadhounOne Thousand and One...NightsFamily PoemsGiyathMihyarUm GiyathPeace Be Upon...\ Abol al-Raheem MahmoudThe MartyrCall of the MotherlandThe Aqsa Mosque\ Haydar MahmoudThe Last WitnessTwo-in-OneThe Palestinian Ayyub\ 'Izziddin al-ManasraAt NightDawn VisitorsThe Inheritance\ Khairi MansourA Nonpersonal AccountEchoTwo Old AgesThe RoadPoetryA Forest\ Zakariyya MuhammadApologyMy ThingsEverythingA TavernEmigrationThe Cafe MistressA Woman\ Khalid 'Ali MustafaCirclingMeeting of Two WoundsThe Hands AgainThe Sparrow Told Me\ Mabmoud DarwishPoem of the LandHoming PigeonsGuests on the SeaIntensive-Care UnitPsalm 9We Went to Aden\ Muhammad al-DhahirThree Short LettersJoyThe Little Girl\ Waleed al-HaleesDays in the Life of a Palestinian Boy\ Sulafa HijjawiElegy on an Estranged HusbandHis PictureDeath Sentence\ Ahmad HusainA Souvenir Vendor in Nazareth\ Rashid HusainDamascus DiaryAgainstFirst\ Jabra Ibrahim JabraZero HourFor SocratesLove Poem\ Salma Khadra JayyusiKhartoumThe WomanSongs for an Arab CityOn June 5, 1968The Three of Us Alone\ Salem JubranRefugeeSinger of Wind and Rain\ 'Abol al-Kareem al-Karmi(see Abu Salma)\ Ali al-KhaliliDialectics of the HomelandWhat is Your Purpose, Murderous Beauty?DepartureThis Country\ Taha 'Abol al-Ghani MustafaReverse Journey\ Kamal NasirLetter to Fadwa\ Ibrahim NasrallahFlightPassagewayA WomanThe HandThreadSong\ Jamal Qa'warAt the Doorstep of September\ Kamal QadduraAll This Is Strange, Like EverythingLanguageFragrancePart of a WallDead MemoryColdRaceOverflow\ Muhammad al-QaisiVisionLove poem ILove poem IVLove poem XIIOne-Day Vacation\ Samih al-QasimThe ClockBatsAshesLove PoemsYou Pretend to DieI Do Not Blame YouDrunk\ 'Abdallah RadwanThe FallDeformedTo the ChildrenYou Are Everything\ Harun Hashim RasheedPoem to JerusalemRaise Your Arms\ Taher RiyadFrom "Signs"\ Laila al-Sa'ihIntimations of AnxietyThe Ever-Deferred Moment\ Waleed SayfDeath's at Night's End\ Mai SayighElegy for Imm 'AliDepartureBeirut under Siege\ Tawfiq SayighPoem 28To Enter a CountryThe Poem K\ 'Umar SahbanaEvening BalconyThe Book of Songs and StonesKhulud\ Mazin ShadeedThe Caravan's DepartureLove Song\ Anton ShammasThen How Will the Poem Come?An Evening of Poetry ReadingSeven Poems\ Sa'adeh SudahA RingYour HandsProphecyA Poem to Tayseer Saboul\ Khalil ToumaBetween the Wound and Its Bleeding\ Fadwa TuqanThe Sybil's ProphecyEnough for MeThe Deluge and the TreeSong of Becoming\ Ibrahim TuqanCommandoDead HeartsBrokersLest We LoseIn Beirut\ 'Abol al-Raheem 'UmarSongs of the Seventh ExodusPleaThe Siege\ Ghassan ZaqtanAnother DeathAn Incident\ PROSESHORT STORIES\ Ibrahim al-'Absi What Happened After Midnight\ Ghareeb 'AsqalaniHunger\ Liyana BadrA Land of Rock and Thyme\ Riyad BaydasHunger and the Mountain\ Zaki DarwishHorses\ Najwa Qa'war FarahThe Worst of Two Choices; or The Forsaken Olive Tree\ Tawfiq FayyadThe Idiot\ Emile HabibyThe Odds-and-Ends Woman\ Akram HaniyyebAfter the Siege, a Little Before the Sun\ Mabmoud Sayf al-DinGarbage\ Ghassan KanafaniThe Little One Goes to the Camp\ Muhammad Naffa'The Uprooted\ Waleed RabahSolo Tunes on a Zinc Wall\ Yahya Rabah Death of a Bird Hunter\ Fadl al-RimawiThe Sous Vendor\ Mabmoud al-RimawiA Longing for the Good Land\ Kbalil al-SawahiriThe Spectators\ Mabmoud ShaheenThe Sacred River\ Sulaiman al-ShaikhKadima\ Yusuf ShruruOne Eye by Day\ Mahmoud ShuqairThe Villagers\ Yahya TakhlifThat Rose of a Woman\ SELECTIONS FROM NOVELS\ Sahar KhalifehMemoirs of an Unrealistic Woman\ Faruq WadiA Road to the Sea\ EXTRACTS FROM PERSONAL ACCOUNTS\ Rashad Abu ShawarO Beirut\ Muhammad al-As'adChildren of Dew\ Mu'een BseisoPalestinian Notebooks\ Mabmoud DarwishA Memory for Forgetfulness\ Subhi Ghosheh Our Sun Will Never SetHow Did They Inform You?A Mirror\ Tawfiz ZayyadHere We Shall StayA Million Suns in my BloodWhat Next?Pagan FiresAll I have\ PALESTINIAN POETS WRITING IN ENGLISH\ Hanan Mikha'il 'AshrawiMetamorphosisWomen and ThingsNight PatrolDeath by BuriaFrom the Diary of an Almost-Four-Year-Old\ Sharif ElmusaA Little Piece of SkyIn BalanceCamel FragmentsWhen Slippers MingleThe Beggar\ Lena JayyusiPoem of OppositesAt the LimitBreadmotherDeath of EnverWintering Alone\ Aminah KazakDeportationMy Last Day with Aisha\ Naomi Shihab NyeMy Father and the Fig TreeShrinesBloodArabic CoffeeThe Words under the WordsMy Uncle Mohammad at Mecca, 1981\ Fawaz TurkiThe Seed KeepersBeirutDusk in GalileeOsama Jibril of JerusalemIn Search of Yacove Eved\ Yusuf HaykalDays of My Youth\ Jabra Ibrahim JabraThe First Well\ Khalil al-SakakiniSuch Am I, O World\ Mai SayighThe Siege\ Hisham SharabiEmbers and Ashes\ Salah Ta'mariJourney into Hades: Diary of a Palestinian in an Israeli Prison\ Fadwa TuqanA Mountainous Journey\ Edward W. SaidAfter the Last Sky: Palestinian Lives\ First TranslatorsSecond Translators Transliterated List of Arab AuthorsGlossarySelected Bibliography\ Columbia University Press

\ Edward SaidThis massive, well-edited, translated, and researched volume is a living monument to the culture of a nation, now represented in English for the first time with remarkable results in coverage, accuracy, and authenticity.Far from a folkloric or exotic record, this anthology admits the Palestinian contribution to world culture at an eminent pace.\ \ \ \ \ \ Arab Studies QuarterlyJayyusi presents in English translation a Palestinian world view characterized by intensity, paradox, aspiration, and eloquence. . . Indispensable to anyone with a serious interest in contemporary Arab culture.\ \ \ Edward SaidThis massive, well-edited, translated, and researched volume is a living monument to the culture of a nation, now represented in English for the first time with remarkable results in coverage, accuracy, and authenticity.Far from a folkloric or exotic record, this anthology admits the Palestinian contribution to world culture at an eminent pace.\ \ \ \ \ Farouk A.W. MustafaNo other general anthology of Palestinian or Arabic literature approaches the scope and variety represented here.\ \ \ \ \ Fedwa Malti-DouglasNo other book or even collection of two or three books could compete with it.\ \ \ \ \ Library JournalThis anthology offers samples from the works of over 70 Palestinian writers and poets living in Israel, such as Emile Habiby, a laureate of the 1992 Israel Prize; in the occupied territories; and in the diaspora. Foremost among the themes are nostalgia and loss of homeland, which the editor considers the essence of the Palestinian experience. Other subjects, such as love and honor, are more universal. The introductory sections should provide the reader with enough background information, in terms of historic events and literary analysis of current Arabic literature, to allow the easy assimilation of subsequent sections. In view of the variety of themes and the number of writers and poets represented, the anthology represents a genuine source of contemporary Palestinian literature. Recommended for academic and most public libraries.-- Ali Houissa, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N.Y.\ \ \ \ \ BooknewsA wide-ranging and immensely moving selection of modern Palestinian literature--brilliant translations (initially by experts in Arabic writing, and then revised and polished by English-speaking poets and writers) of poems, stories, and excerpts from novels, as well as works by Palestinian poets who write in English. Also included are personal narratives by Palestinian writers depicting the varied aspects of Palestinian life from the turn of the century to the present. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \