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丕賱兀夭乇賯 亘賷賳 丕賱爻賲丕亍 賵丕賱賲丕亍
"乇賵丕賷丞 賲孬賷乇丞 賵毓賲賷賯丞 丕賱鬲兀孬賷乇... 廿匕丕 賰丕賳 賷氐毓亘 毓賱賶 丕賱賲乇亍 兀賳 賷毓丕賷卮 賲毓丕賳丕丞 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵鬲賯賱亘丕鬲賴丕貙 賮廿賳 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱賯賵賷丞 賵丕賱賲卮丨賵賳丞 爻賷丕爻賷賸丕 鬲賵賮乇 賱賴 匕賱賰 亘乇卮丕賯丞 兀丿亘賷丞 賲孬賷乇丞. 鬲鬲賲賷夭 丕賱賱睾丞 丕賱爻乇丿賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲爻鬲禺丿賲賴丕 爻賵夭丕賳 兀亘賵 丕賱賴賵賶 亘丕賱亘爻丕胤丞 賵丕賱賵囟賵丨"". 芦廿賳丿亘賳丿賳鬲 兀賵賳 氐賳丿丕賷禄
賮賷 丕賱毓丕賲 佟侃伽侉貙 賵賮賷 賯乇賷丞 亘賷鬲 丿乇丕爻 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賷丞貙 鬲毓賷卮 毓丕卅賱丞 亘乇賰丞貙 丕賱鬲賷 鬲囟賲 賳馗賲賷丞 丕賱亘賳鬲 丕賱賰亘乇賶貙 賵賲賲丿賵丨 丕賱兀禺貙 賵賲乇賷賲 匕丕鬲 丕賱胤亘賷毓丞 丕賱丨丕賱賲丞貙 賵兀賲賴賲 丕賱兀乇賲賱丞. 賵丨賷賳賲丕 鬲丿丕賴賲 賯賵丕鬲 丕賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱 丕賱廿爻乇丕卅賷賱賷 丕賱賯乇賷丞 賵鬲購卮毓賱 賮賷賴丕 丕賱賳賷乇丕賳貙 鬲囟胤乇 丕賱毓丕卅賱丞 賱賯胤毓 丕賱胤乇賷賯 丕賱胤賵賷賱 賵氐賵賱丕賸 廿賱賶 睾夭丞貙 賮賷 賲爻賷乇丞 爻賵賮 鬲禺鬲亘乇 毓夭賲賴賲 賵鬲賲鬲丨賳 氐亘乇賴賲.
賵亘毓丿 賲購囟賷賾 爻鬲賷賳 爻賳丞貙 賮賷 兀賲乇賷賰丕貙 鬲賯毓 丨賮賷丿丞 賲賲丿賵丨 賳賵乇 賮賷 丨亘 胤亘賷亘. 賵丨賷賳賲丕 鬲鬲毓賯亘賴 廿賱賶 睾夭丞貙 鬲賱鬲賯賷 兀賱賵丕賳貙 丕賱鬲賷 鬲爻丕毓丿 賳賵乇 賮賷 丕賰鬲卮丕賮 毓賱丕賯丞 丕賱賯購乇亘賶 丕賱鬲賷 鬲鬲禺胤賶 丕賱賲爻丕賮丕鬲 - 亘賱 賵丨鬲賶 鬲鬲噩丕賵夭 丕賱賲賵鬲. 賵賱兀賳賴丕 賲賮毓賲丞 亘丨爻 廿賳爻丕賳賷 禺丕賱氐貙 賮廿賳 乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱兀夭乇賯 亘賷賳 丕賱爻賲丕亍 賵丕賱賲丕亍 鬲鬲賲賷夭 亘賱睾丞 卮毓乇賷丞 賵丨亘賰丞 賮賳賷丞 丌爻乇丞 賮賷 鬲賳丕賵賱賴丕 賱兀丨賵丕賱 毓丕卅賱丞 亘乇賰丞 賲丕 亘賷賳 丕賱賴噩乇丞 賵丕賱賮賯丿丕賳 賵丕賱賳噩丕丞 賵丕賱丨亘.
爻賵夭丕賳 兀亘賵 丕賱賴賵賶 乇賵丕卅賷丞 賵卮丕毓乇丞 賵賲丨賱賱丞 爻賷丕爻賷丞 賵賳丕卮胤丞 賮賷 賲噩丕賱 丨賯賵賯 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳貙 賵毓丕賱賲丞 兀丨賷丕亍 賵兀賲. 兀爻爻鬲 芦賲賱丕毓亘 賲賳 兀噩賱 賮賱爻胤賷賳禄 賵賴賷 賲賳馗賲丞 賲賰乇爻丞 賱賲爻丕賳丿丞 丨賯 丕賱胤賮賱 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賷 賮賷 丕賱賱毓亘. 乇賵丕賷鬲賴丕 丕賱兀賵賱賶 Mornings In Jenin (亘賷賳賲丕 賷賳丕賲 丕賱毓丕賱賲) 賲賳 亘賷賳 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱兀賰孬乇 賲亘賷毓丕貙 賵賯丿 鬲乇噩賲鬲 廿賱賶 佗侉 賱睾丞."
賮賷 丕賱毓丕賲 佟侃伽侉貙 賵賮賷 賯乇賷丞 亘賷鬲 丿乇丕爻 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賷丞貙 鬲毓賷卮 毓丕卅賱丞 亘乇賰丞貙 丕賱鬲賷 鬲囟賲 賳馗賲賷丞 丕賱亘賳鬲 丕賱賰亘乇賶貙 賵賲賲丿賵丨 丕賱兀禺貙 賵賲乇賷賲 匕丕鬲 丕賱胤亘賷毓丞 丕賱丨丕賱賲丞貙 賵兀賲賴賲 丕賱兀乇賲賱丞. 賵丨賷賳賲丕 鬲丿丕賴賲 賯賵丕鬲 丕賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱 丕賱廿爻乇丕卅賷賱賷 丕賱賯乇賷丞 賵鬲購卮毓賱 賮賷賴丕 丕賱賳賷乇丕賳貙 鬲囟胤乇 丕賱毓丕卅賱丞 賱賯胤毓 丕賱胤乇賷賯 丕賱胤賵賷賱 賵氐賵賱丕賸 廿賱賶 睾夭丞貙 賮賷 賲爻賷乇丞 爻賵賮 鬲禺鬲亘乇 毓夭賲賴賲 賵鬲賲鬲丨賳 氐亘乇賴賲.
賵亘毓丿 賲購囟賷賾 爻鬲賷賳 爻賳丞貙 賮賷 兀賲乇賷賰丕貙 鬲賯毓 丨賮賷丿丞 賲賲丿賵丨 賳賵乇 賮賷 丨亘 胤亘賷亘. 賵丨賷賳賲丕 鬲鬲毓賯亘賴 廿賱賶 睾夭丞貙 鬲賱鬲賯賷 兀賱賵丕賳貙 丕賱鬲賷 鬲爻丕毓丿 賳賵乇 賮賷 丕賰鬲卮丕賮 毓賱丕賯丞 丕賱賯購乇亘賶 丕賱鬲賷 鬲鬲禺胤賶 丕賱賲爻丕賮丕鬲 - 亘賱 賵丨鬲賶 鬲鬲噩丕賵夭 丕賱賲賵鬲. 賵賱兀賳賴丕 賲賮毓賲丞 亘丨爻 廿賳爻丕賳賷 禺丕賱氐貙 賮廿賳 乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱兀夭乇賯 亘賷賳 丕賱爻賲丕亍 賵丕賱賲丕亍 鬲鬲賲賷夭 亘賱睾丞 卮毓乇賷丞 賵丨亘賰丞 賮賳賷丞 丌爻乇丞 賮賷 鬲賳丕賵賱賴丕 賱兀丨賵丕賱 毓丕卅賱丞 亘乇賰丞 賲丕 亘賷賳 丕賱賴噩乇丞 賵丕賱賮賯丿丕賳 賵丕賱賳噩丕丞 賵丕賱丨亘.
爻賵夭丕賳 兀亘賵 丕賱賴賵賶 乇賵丕卅賷丞 賵卮丕毓乇丞 賵賲丨賱賱丞 爻賷丕爻賷丞 賵賳丕卮胤丞 賮賷 賲噩丕賱 丨賯賵賯 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳貙 賵毓丕賱賲丞 兀丨賷丕亍 賵兀賲. 兀爻爻鬲 芦賲賱丕毓亘 賲賳 兀噩賱 賮賱爻胤賷賳禄 賵賴賷 賲賳馗賲丞 賲賰乇爻丞 賱賲爻丕賳丿丞 丨賯 丕賱胤賮賱 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賷 賮賷 丕賱賱毓亘. 乇賵丕賷鬲賴丕 丕賱兀賵賱賶 Mornings In Jenin (亘賷賳賲丕 賷賳丕賲 丕賱毓丕賱賲) 賲賳 亘賷賳 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱兀賰孬乇 賲亘賷毓丕貙 賵賯丿 鬲乇噩賲鬲 廿賱賶 佗侉 賱睾丞."
303 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2015
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Susan Abulhawa
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susan abulhawa was born to refugees of the 1967 war when Israel captured what remained of Palestine, including Jerusalem. She currently lives in Pennsylvania with her daughter. She is the founder and President of Playgrounds for Palestine, a children鈥檚 organization dedicated to upholding The Right to Play for Palestinian children. Her debut novel, Mornings in Jenin, was an international bestseller, translated into 30 languages. Her second novel, The Blue Between Sky and Water, was likewise a bestseller, translated into 20 languages. The reach of her books and volume of her readership have made abulhawa one of the most widely read Arab authors in the world. Her latest novel, Against the Loveless World is out August 25, 2020.
(Arabic: )
susan abulhawa was born to refugees of the 1967 war when Israel captured what remained of Palestine, including Jerusalem. She currently lives in Pennsylvania with her daughter. She is the founder and President of Playgrounds for Palestine, a children鈥檚 organization dedicated to upholding The Right to Play for Palestinian children. Her debut novel, Mornings in Jenin, was an international bestseller, translated into 30 languages. Her second novel, The Blue Between Sky and Water, was likewise a bestseller, translated into 20 languages. The reach of her books and volume of her readership have made abulhawa one of the most widely read Arab authors in the world. Her latest novel, Against the Loveless World is out August 25, 2020.
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October 1, 2015
I have now read three books about the Israeli and Palestinian conflict in a short period of time. This is very pro Palestinian and understandably so as the author's father was a freedom fighter and she herself is actively involved in an organization to help the children of Gaza. Regardless, this is a very well though out and researched novel.
It opens with a family in Beit Daras and this first part is written in stream of consciousness, when the Israeli military invades the village and forces the villagers they have not killed on to Gaza. There is one very violent rape scene, so be warned. People die or are killed on the way, the rest attempt to make new homes, gather their remaining family members close.
I loved the strong women in this novel, the wonderfully effective use of magical realism, and the folklore of their culture. It is hard not to sympathize with these people, they just want a better life for their families. It spans to America and back and will see one family member returning home, to a family she does not know. Plus, there is always hope, the book ends on an hopeful note and the characters are beautifully drawn.
It is amazing to see people who have lost everything, start again, find love again, laugh through their tears and pain. Because isn't that the way of it, within the fanatical groups in a culture are those who just want to raise their families, just live, maybe just like us.
ARC from Netgalley.
It opens with a family in Beit Daras and this first part is written in stream of consciousness, when the Israeli military invades the village and forces the villagers they have not killed on to Gaza. There is one very violent rape scene, so be warned. People die or are killed on the way, the rest attempt to make new homes, gather their remaining family members close.
I loved the strong women in this novel, the wonderfully effective use of magical realism, and the folklore of their culture. It is hard not to sympathize with these people, they just want a better life for their families. It spans to America and back and will see one family member returning home, to a family she does not know. Plus, there is always hope, the book ends on an hopeful note and the characters are beautifully drawn.
It is amazing to see people who have lost everything, start again, find love again, laugh through their tears and pain. Because isn't that the way of it, within the fanatical groups in a culture are those who just want to raise their families, just live, maybe just like us.
ARC from Netgalley.
August 10, 2021
"賴匕賴 丕賱兀乇囟 爻鬲乇噩毓 賮賱爻胤賷賳賷丞 賵爻鬲毓賲乇 賲賳 噩丿賷丿 丨鬲賶 賱賵 丕賳賴夭賲賳丕"
"乇氐丕氐賰賲 毓丕噩夭 毓賳 賯鬲賱 廿賳爻丕賳賷鬲賷! .. 賱丕 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 賯賱毓 噩匕賵乇賷 賲賳 賴匕賴 丕賱兀乇囟 丕賱鬲賷 鬲乇賷丿賵賳賴丕 賱賰賲 .. 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賳鬲乇賰賰賲 鬲爻乇賯賵賳 兀乇囟賳丕 賵亘賱丕丿賳丕 .. 賲賴賲丕 亘賯賷鬲賲 賴賳丕 .. 爻鬲馗賱賵賳 睾乇亘丕亍 .. 爻丕乇賯賷賳 .. 賲丨鬲賱賷賳"
"賱丕 卮賶 賷丿賵賲 毓賱賶 賳賮爻 丕賱丨丕賱 賵亘丕匕賳 丕賱賱賴 爻鬲匕賴亘 賴匕賴 丕賱賴賲賵賲 廿賳 賱賲 賷賰賳 丕賱賷賵賲 賮睾丿丕 .. 賵廿賳 賱賲 賷賰賳 睾丿丕 賮亘毓丿 睾丿"
丨賰丕賷丞 噩丿賷丿丞 賲賳 丨賰丕賷丕鬲 兀亘胤丕賱 賮賱爻胤賷賳 .. 丨賰丕賷丕鬲 丕賱亘賷賵鬲 賵丕賱賲禺賷賲丕鬲 .. 賵丨賰丕賷丕鬲 丕賱卮鬲丕鬲 賵賱賲 丕賱卮賲賱 .. 鬲乇賵賷賴丕 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賷丞 爻賵夭丕賳 丕亘賵 丕賱賴賵賶 賱鬲囟賷賮 丿乇丞 噩丿賷丿丞 廿賱賶 鬲丕噩 丕賱毓夭丞 賵丕賱賰乇丕賲丞 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賷丞.
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"乇氐丕氐賰賲 毓丕噩夭 毓賳 賯鬲賱 廿賳爻丕賳賷鬲賷! .. 賱丕 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 賯賱毓 噩匕賵乇賷 賲賳 賴匕賴 丕賱兀乇囟 丕賱鬲賷 鬲乇賷丿賵賳賴丕 賱賰賲 .. 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賳鬲乇賰賰賲 鬲爻乇賯賵賳 兀乇囟賳丕 賵亘賱丕丿賳丕 .. 賲賴賲丕 亘賯賷鬲賲 賴賳丕 .. 爻鬲馗賱賵賳 睾乇亘丕亍 .. 爻丕乇賯賷賳 .. 賲丨鬲賱賷賳"
"賱丕 卮賶 賷丿賵賲 毓賱賶 賳賮爻 丕賱丨丕賱 賵亘丕匕賳 丕賱賱賴 爻鬲匕賴亘 賴匕賴 丕賱賴賲賵賲 廿賳 賱賲 賷賰賳 丕賱賷賵賲 賮睾丿丕 .. 賵廿賳 賱賲 賷賰賳 睾丿丕 賮亘毓丿 睾丿"
丨賰丕賷丞 噩丿賷丿丞 賲賳 丨賰丕賷丕鬲 兀亘胤丕賱 賮賱爻胤賷賳 .. 丨賰丕賷丕鬲 丕賱亘賷賵鬲 賵丕賱賲禺賷賲丕鬲 .. 賵丨賰丕賷丕鬲 丕賱卮鬲丕鬲 賵賱賲 丕賱卮賲賱 .. 鬲乇賵賷賴丕 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賷丞 爻賵夭丕賳 丕亘賵 丕賱賴賵賶 賱鬲囟賷賮 丿乇丞 噩丿賷丿丞 廿賱賶 鬲丕噩 丕賱毓夭丞 賵丕賱賰乇丕賲丞 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賷丞.
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September 12, 2015
3.5 rounded up to 4 stars
Many times when we see the news coverage about conflicts in various places in the world, we tend to feel an affinity with one side or another for political , religious or philosophical reasons. What we tend to forget sometimes when thinking about this on those levels is that there are victims on both sides and that these are real human beings bearing the day to day to day , year to year and sometimes a life time of suffering . This is a decidedly pro- Palestinian novel and understandably so as the author is the child of Palestinian refugees . Many who read this may do just that and take a side but I'm not going to because the truth of the matter is that I honestly don't know how I feel and I have been torn for years. Instead I'll just give some of my observations about this book.
I liked this book for how the author depicts the importance of the women, the family and of love in this existence. The Barakas family is forced to leave their village of Beit Daras for a refugee camp by Gaza . The strength of the women here is amazing with my favorite being Nazmiyeh and the bee-keeper's widow who was "related by love."
There is brutal rape and violence here and suffering and it is heartbreaking and ugly and will get you in the gut . People are displaced from their homes . There is also suffering and abuse of young Nur when she's living in the U.S. There are fantasy elements of this story with a djinni, with special powers , with Khaled , so an appreciation or at the least an acceptance of of magical realism is required here . The story moves across generations and had a time travel like quality to it with Khaled moving across times . "It wasn't long after that when I went into the quiet blue, that place without time, where I could soak up all the juices of life and let them run through me like a river."
In addition to that quote there are many other beautifully written passages. "These were the women of my life , the songs of my soul." At times I felt there was just too much going on but perhaps that 's a true reflection of the times and place and the events both as depicted in the past and present day .
Thanks to Bloomsbury and NetGalley.
Many times when we see the news coverage about conflicts in various places in the world, we tend to feel an affinity with one side or another for political , religious or philosophical reasons. What we tend to forget sometimes when thinking about this on those levels is that there are victims on both sides and that these are real human beings bearing the day to day to day , year to year and sometimes a life time of suffering . This is a decidedly pro- Palestinian novel and understandably so as the author is the child of Palestinian refugees . Many who read this may do just that and take a side but I'm not going to because the truth of the matter is that I honestly don't know how I feel and I have been torn for years. Instead I'll just give some of my observations about this book.
I liked this book for how the author depicts the importance of the women, the family and of love in this existence. The Barakas family is forced to leave their village of Beit Daras for a refugee camp by Gaza . The strength of the women here is amazing with my favorite being Nazmiyeh and the bee-keeper's widow who was "related by love."
There is brutal rape and violence here and suffering and it is heartbreaking and ugly and will get you in the gut . People are displaced from their homes . There is also suffering and abuse of young Nur when she's living in the U.S. There are fantasy elements of this story with a djinni, with special powers , with Khaled , so an appreciation or at the least an acceptance of of magical realism is required here . The story moves across generations and had a time travel like quality to it with Khaled moving across times . "It wasn't long after that when I went into the quiet blue, that place without time, where I could soak up all the juices of life and let them run through me like a river."
In addition to that quote there are many other beautifully written passages. "These were the women of my life , the songs of my soul." At times I felt there was just too much going on but perhaps that 's a true reflection of the times and place and the events both as depicted in the past and present day .
Thanks to Bloomsbury and NetGalley.
June 12, 2015
What an extraordinary book. It sure packs one hell of an emotional punch. Actually I think there is too much emotion running through my body to write a review! To see Gaza, to see the Palestinians, through these characters and the stories that weaved throughout the book, from generation to generation, was indeed something special. This is a book for and about women, strong women, women who know what it means to endure, to love, to live. The men are there, in the background, and part of the stories, but it's a wonderful tale about your roots, your family, and discovering who you are, and what it means to be loved and part of something. I loved the mystical element with Khaled but I understand that wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea. I hated the violence, when it happened, and some scenes upset me, but somehow, like the characters, I learnt to endure it. Because the love and friendship that binds everyone together is greater than it. I loved this book.
July 4, 2015
The truth is there are not enough stars for this book, so I will suffice with 5. The fear I had with this book was, "would it live up to Susan Abulhawa's previous book, Mornings in Jenin?" I had really enjoyed that book and been deeply moved. Could Susan really do it again? The Blue Between Sky and Water did not achieve what Mornings in Jenin did, it completely and utterly surpassed it!
The entire time I was reading this book, I had a lump in my throat, and was often moved to both tears and laughter. Abulhawa has written with a poignancy that is so characteristic of her writing, yet even more matured and refined since Mornings in Jenin. She gets better with each book! It was not just the storyline but the very prose she utilises which is so striking and deeply emotive.
As with her previous book, she has the skill to develop characters in such a way that I was fully invested in each. I loved and hated fiercely throughout this book. The storyline is nothing short of marvellous and courageous in equal measure. Susan brings to the centre stage the plight of Palestinians and more specifically Gaza and holds us all to account with honesty, integrity, passion, wisdom and bravery. This isn't just a work of historical fiction, but an act of defiance and rebellion, a refusal to allow the Palestinian narrative of their history and their homelands to be so easily and irreverently whitewashed.
I loved the way Susan weaves real life heroes like Dr Madz Gilbert and Rachel Corrie into the narrative, forever reminding us that though this is a work of fiction, it's more real than we realise. I loved the omnipresent narrative of
Khaled, which was so cleverly done, a lesser skilled writer could have made it a very confusing affair, but she wrote with mastery. I loved Hajje Nazmiyeh. What a character! I loved Nur, Alwan, Rhat Shel and the beekeeper's widow, and above all I loved their relationship. This is the story of sisterhood and a schooling on how it should look.
I received this book from Bloomsbury Publishers UK having responded to a Facebook post of theirs. I am so glad they chose to send this book to me, it is definitely going down as an all time favourite. It is absolutely worth reading, you will not regret it!
The entire time I was reading this book, I had a lump in my throat, and was often moved to both tears and laughter. Abulhawa has written with a poignancy that is so characteristic of her writing, yet even more matured and refined since Mornings in Jenin. She gets better with each book! It was not just the storyline but the very prose she utilises which is so striking and deeply emotive.
As with her previous book, she has the skill to develop characters in such a way that I was fully invested in each. I loved and hated fiercely throughout this book. The storyline is nothing short of marvellous and courageous in equal measure. Susan brings to the centre stage the plight of Palestinians and more specifically Gaza and holds us all to account with honesty, integrity, passion, wisdom and bravery. This isn't just a work of historical fiction, but an act of defiance and rebellion, a refusal to allow the Palestinian narrative of their history and their homelands to be so easily and irreverently whitewashed.
I loved the way Susan weaves real life heroes like Dr Madz Gilbert and Rachel Corrie into the narrative, forever reminding us that though this is a work of fiction, it's more real than we realise. I loved the omnipresent narrative of
Khaled, which was so cleverly done, a lesser skilled writer could have made it a very confusing affair, but she wrote with mastery. I loved Hajje Nazmiyeh. What a character! I loved Nur, Alwan, Rhat Shel and the beekeeper's widow, and above all I loved their relationship. This is the story of sisterhood and a schooling on how it should look.
I received this book from Bloomsbury Publishers UK having responded to a Facebook post of theirs. I am so glad they chose to send this book to me, it is definitely going down as an all time favourite. It is absolutely worth reading, you will not regret it!
February 10, 2024
Having lived in Egypt for many years I did know about the Gaza Strip but not in so much detail. This book is a novel but it's really informative and hits hard.
I learnt so much while reading this book.
Not an enjoyable book but needs to be read.
I learnt so much while reading this book.
Not an enjoyable book but needs to be read.
June 12, 2024
毓丕丿賷丞 丕賵賶 丕賵賶听
卮鬲丕賳 亘賷賳賴丕 賵亘賷賳 亘賷賳賲丕 賷賳丕賲 丕賱毓丕賱賲听
乇睾賲 丕賳 兀睾賱亘 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 賮賷 賮賱爻胤賷賳貙听 賮賷 睾夭丞 廿賱丕 丕賳賶 賰賳鬲 丨丕爻丞 丕賳賴丕 賲賵噩賵丿丞 毓賱賶听 丕爻鬲丨賷丕亍 貙 賱賱丨馗丕鬲 . 賱賰賳 匕賰乇賴丕 賰丕賳 兀賮囟賱 賲丕 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵賱賵賱丕 賵噩賵丿賴丕 賰賳鬲 賴賯賷賷賲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘賳噩賲鬲賷賳 亘丕賱賰鬲賷乇 賵賷賲賰賳 賲賰賳鬲卮 賰賲賱鬲賴丕 丕氐賱丕 .
" 兀賲丕 兀賴賱 睾夭丞 貙賵乇睾賲 賰賱 賲丕 鬲毓乇囟賵丕 賱賴 賲賳 乇毓亘 賵賮噩丕卅毓 賲賴賵賱丞 貙 賮賵賯賮賵丕 廿賱賶 噩丕賳亘 丕賱賲賯丕賵賲丞 賵爻丕賳丿賵賴丕 賱兀賳賴賲 賵毓賱賶 丨丿 鬲毓亘賷乇 兀丨丿賴賲 : 賳賮囟賱 丕賱賲賵鬲 賵賳丨賳 賳賯丕鬲賱 亘卮乇賮 毓賱賶 丨賷丕丞 匕賱賷賱丞 賱丕 賳賰賵賳 賮賷賴丕 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 賮卅乇丕賳 鬲噩丕乇亘 賱兀爻乇丕卅賷賱 丨鬲賶 鬲禺鬲亘乇 賲丕 鬲賲賱賰賴 賲賳 兀爻賱丨丞 賵毓鬲丕丿 .
鬲丨賷丞 毓夭 賵廿賰亘丕乇 賱兀賵賱卅賰 丕賱賲丨丕乇亘賷賳 丕賱兀亘胤丕賱 丕賱匕賷賳 賱賲 賷毓亘兀賵丕 亘丕賱賲賵鬲 胤賱亘丕賸 賱賱丨乇賷丞.听 賰丕賳鬲 卮噩丕毓鬲賴賲 兀爻胤賵乇賷丞 亘賰賱 賲丕 賱賱賰賱賲丞 賲賳 賲毓賳賶 ."
賰丕賳鬲 賵賱丕 夭丕賱鬲 乇亘賳丕 賷丨賮馗賴賲 賵賷丨賮馗 賮賱爻胤賷賳 賵兀賴賱賴丕 賵賳卮賴丿 鬲丨乇賷乇賴丕 毓賳 賯乇賷亘 賷丕乇亘听.
賵 賲毓噩亘賳賷卮 禺丕賱氐 禺丕賱氐 禺丕賱氐 爻賱賷賲丕賳 賵丕賱噩賳 丕賱賱賶 丿禺賱鬲賴 .. 賵賱丕 丕賱禺賷丕賱 丕賱賱賶 丿禺賱鬲賴 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲毓 賲乇賷賲 賵禺丕賱丿听 賰丕賳 爻禺賷賮 亘氐乇丕丨丞 ..听
丕賱丨賲丿 賱賱賴 丕賳賶 賲卮鬲乇賷鬲賴丕卮 馃ぃ馃ぃ馃ぃ
佗佶 / 佶 / 佗贍佗伽
卮鬲丕賳 亘賷賳賴丕 賵亘賷賳 亘賷賳賲丕 賷賳丕賲 丕賱毓丕賱賲听
乇睾賲 丕賳 兀睾賱亘 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 賮賷 賮賱爻胤賷賳貙听 賮賷 睾夭丞 廿賱丕 丕賳賶 賰賳鬲 丨丕爻丞 丕賳賴丕 賲賵噩賵丿丞 毓賱賶听 丕爻鬲丨賷丕亍 貙 賱賱丨馗丕鬲 . 賱賰賳 匕賰乇賴丕 賰丕賳 兀賮囟賱 賲丕 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵賱賵賱丕 賵噩賵丿賴丕 賰賳鬲 賴賯賷賷賲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘賳噩賲鬲賷賳 亘丕賱賰鬲賷乇 賵賷賲賰賳 賲賰賳鬲卮 賰賲賱鬲賴丕 丕氐賱丕 .
" 兀賲丕 兀賴賱 睾夭丞 貙賵乇睾賲 賰賱 賲丕 鬲毓乇囟賵丕 賱賴 賲賳 乇毓亘 賵賮噩丕卅毓 賲賴賵賱丞 貙 賮賵賯賮賵丕 廿賱賶 噩丕賳亘 丕賱賲賯丕賵賲丞 賵爻丕賳丿賵賴丕 賱兀賳賴賲 賵毓賱賶 丨丿 鬲毓亘賷乇 兀丨丿賴賲 : 賳賮囟賱 丕賱賲賵鬲 賵賳丨賳 賳賯丕鬲賱 亘卮乇賮 毓賱賶 丨賷丕丞 匕賱賷賱丞 賱丕 賳賰賵賳 賮賷賴丕 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 賮卅乇丕賳 鬲噩丕乇亘 賱兀爻乇丕卅賷賱 丨鬲賶 鬲禺鬲亘乇 賲丕 鬲賲賱賰賴 賲賳 兀爻賱丨丞 賵毓鬲丕丿 .
鬲丨賷丞 毓夭 賵廿賰亘丕乇 賱兀賵賱卅賰 丕賱賲丨丕乇亘賷賳 丕賱兀亘胤丕賱 丕賱匕賷賳 賱賲 賷毓亘兀賵丕 亘丕賱賲賵鬲 胤賱亘丕賸 賱賱丨乇賷丞.听 賰丕賳鬲 卮噩丕毓鬲賴賲 兀爻胤賵乇賷丞 亘賰賱 賲丕 賱賱賰賱賲丞 賲賳 賲毓賳賶 ."
賰丕賳鬲 賵賱丕 夭丕賱鬲 乇亘賳丕 賷丨賮馗賴賲 賵賷丨賮馗 賮賱爻胤賷賳 賵兀賴賱賴丕 賵賳卮賴丿 鬲丨乇賷乇賴丕 毓賳 賯乇賷亘 賷丕乇亘听.
賵 賲毓噩亘賳賷卮 禺丕賱氐 禺丕賱氐 禺丕賱氐 爻賱賷賲丕賳 賵丕賱噩賳 丕賱賱賶 丿禺賱鬲賴 .. 賵賱丕 丕賱禺賷丕賱 丕賱賱賶 丿禺賱鬲賴 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲毓 賲乇賷賲 賵禺丕賱丿听 賰丕賳 爻禺賷賮 亘氐乇丕丨丞 ..听
丕賱丨賲丿 賱賱賴 丕賳賶 賲卮鬲乇賷鬲賴丕卮 馃ぃ馃ぃ馃ぃ
佗佶 / 佶 / 佗贍佗伽
May 5, 2024
鬲鬲賳丕賵賱 爻賵夭丕賳 兀亘賵 丕賱賴賵賶 賮賷 乇賵丕賷鬲賴丕 丕賱兀夭乇賯 亘賷賳 丕賱爻賲丕亍 賵丕賱賲丕亍 爻賷乇丞 丨賷丕丞 毓丕卅賱丞 亘乇賰丞 丕賱鬲賷 賴噩乇鬲 賲賳 賯乇賷鬲賴丕 亘賷鬲 丿乇丕爻 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賷丞 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賲 佟侃伽侉 貙 丨賷孬 鬲囟賲 賴匕賴 丕賱毓丕卅賱丞 賳馗賲賷丞 丕賱亘賳鬲 丕賱賰亘乇賶貙 賵賲賲丿賵丨 丕賱兀禺貙 賵賲乇賷賲 匕丕鬲 丕賱胤亘賷毓丞 丕賱丨丕賱賲丞貙 賵兀賲賴賲 丕賱兀乇賲賱丞.
鬲丿丕賴賲 賯賵丕鬲 丕賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱 丕賱氐賴賷賵賳賷丞 丕賱賯乇賷丞 賵鬲丨乇賯賴丕 賵鬲賳賴亘 亘賷賵鬲賴丕貙 鬲賯鬲賱 賲丕 鬲賯鬲賱 賵鬲賯賵賲 亘鬲賴噩賷乇 爻賰丕賳賴丕 丕賱匕賷賳 亘賯賵丕 毓賱賶 賯賷丿 丕賱丨賷丕丞. 鬲賳夭丨 毓丕卅賱丞 亘乇賰丞 廿賱賶 賯胤丕毓 睾夭丞 賵鬲爻鬲賯乇 賮賷 賲禺賷賲 丕賱賳氐賷乇丕鬲 賱賱丕噩卅賷賳 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賷賷賳. 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 乇丨賱丞 丕賱賳夭賵丨 賴匕賴貙 鬲毓乇囟 爻賵夭丕賳 兀亘賵 丕賱賴賵賶 賲丨胤丕鬲 鬲禺鬲亘乇 毓夭賲賴賲 賵賯丿乇鬲賴賲 毓賱賶 丕賱氐賲賵丿.
賵賲毓 鬲毓丕賯亘 丕賱爻賳賷賳 賮賷 丕賱賱噩賵亍 賵丕賱賲賳丕賮賷貙 鬲賯毓 賳賵乇 丨賮賷丿丞 賲賲丿賵丨 賮賷 丨亘 丕賱丿賰鬲賵乇 丕賱賳賮爻賷 噩賲丕賱 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲兀鬲賷 廿賱賶 睾夭丞 賱賲毓丕賷賳丞 禺丕賱丿 丕亘賳 兀賱賵丕賳 丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳 賷毓丕賳賷 氐丿賲丞 賳賮爻賷丞 兀賯毓丿鬲賴 丨亘賷爻 賰乇爻賷 賲鬲丨乇賰 賵兀賮賯丿鬲賴 丕賱賯丿乇丞 毓賱賶 丕賱賳胤賯. 賷毓丕賳賷 禺丕賱丿 賲賳 賲鬲賱丕夭賲丞 丕賱賲賳丨亘爻. 鬲噩毓賱 賴匕賴 丕賱丨丕賱丞 丕賱賲乇囟賷丞 丕賱噩爻賲 賮賷 丨丕賱丞 卮賱賱 鬲丕賲 亘賷賳賲丕 賷賰賵賳 丕賱賲乇賷囟 賮賷 丨丕賱丞 丕爻鬲賷賯丕馗 賵廿丿乇丕賰 毓賯賱賷 賰丕賲賱. 丨賷孬 兀賳 禺丕賱丿 賷乇賶 賵賷爻賲毓 賰賱 卮賷亍 賵賱賰賳賴 賱丕 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 丕賱鬲毓丕胤賷 賲毓 丕賱噩賵 丕賱賲丨賷胤 亘賴...
鬲賱鬲賯賷 賳賵乇 亘兀賱賵丕賳貙 賱鬲賰鬲卮賮 賳賵乇 兀賳賴丕 鬲賳鬲賲賷 賱賴匕賴 丕賱毓丕卅賱丞 賵兀賳賴丕 丨賮賷丿丞 賲賲丿賵丨 兀禺 丕賱丨丕噩丞 賳馗賷賲丞 丕賱匕賷 賲丕鬲 賮賷 兀賲乇賷賰丕.
賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱 丕賱孬丕賳賷 丕賱匕賷 兀賯乇兀賴 賱爻賵夭丕賳 兀亘賵 丕賱賴賵賶 亘毓丿 乇賵丕賷鬲賴丕 亘賷賳賲丕 賷賳丕賲 丕賱毓丕賱賲. 賰丕賳鬲 賱睾丞 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱 卮毓乇賷丞 賵噩賲賷賱丞貙 賰賲丕 兀賳 丕賱兀爻賱賵亘 賵丕賱爻乇丿 賰丕賳 卮賷賯丕賸 亘丨亘賰丞 賮賳賷丞 爻丕丨乇丞.
賲兀禺匕賷 毓賱賶 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱 兀賳賴 賮賷 噩夭卅賷丞 賲毓賷賳丞 丕亘鬲毓丿鬲 爻賵夭丕賳 毓賳 丕賱爻賷丕賯 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賷 兀賵 丕賱毓乇亘賷 賮賷 丕賱鬲毓丕胤賷 賲毓 亘毓囟 丕賱賯囟丕賷丕 丕賱丨爻丕爻丞 賱丕 爻賷賲丕 " 賯囟丕賷丕 丕賱丨賲賱 禺丕乇噩 廿胤丕乇 丕賱夭賵丕噩"貙 丨賷孬 鬲丨賲賱 賳賵乇 賲賳 丕賱丿賰鬲賵乇 噩賲丕賱 賵丕賱匕賷 賷鬲乇賰賴丕 賵賷賴丕噩乇 賲毓 夭賵噩鬲賴 廿賱賶 賰賳丿丕.
賰丕賳 鬲毓丕胤賷 丕賱丨丕噩丞 賳馗賲賷丞 賵毓丕卅賱丞 賳賵乇 賮賷 睾夭丞 胤亘賷毓賷丕賸貙 丨鬲賶 兀賳 丕賱丨丕噩丞 賳馗賲賷丞 賵毓丿鬲賴丕 亘廿賷噩丕丿 丨賱 賷噩毓賱 賰賱 兀賴丕賱賷 賲禺賷賲 丕賱賳氐賷乇丕鬲 賷賮鬲禺乇賵賳 亘賴匕丕 丕賱丨賲賱. 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱噩夭卅賷丞貙 賱賲 兀卮毓乇 兀賳 爻賵夭丕賳 兀亘賵 丕賱賴賵賶 毓賰爻鬲 丕賱噩丕賳亘 丕賱孬賯丕賮賷 賵噩丕賳亘 丕賱毓丕丿丕鬲 賵丕賱鬲賯丕賱賷丿 賮賷 鬲毓丕胤賷 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賷 賲毓 賴匕丕 丕賱噩丕賳亘. 丨賷孬 兀賳 丨賲賱 丕賱賲乇兀丞 禺丕乇噩 廿胤丕乇 丕賱夭賵丕噩 賮賷 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賷 賱賷爻 賲賯亘賵賱丕賸貙 賵賱丕 鬲鬲賯亘賱賴 丕锟斤拷毓丕卅賱丕鬲 賵賱丕 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓. 賮丕賱賳爻丕亍 賮賷 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓丕鬲 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞 鬲購賯鬲賱 毓賱賶 兀爻亘丕亘 兀鬲賮賴 賵兀亘爻胤 亘賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱丨賲賱 禺丕乇噩 廿胤丕乇 丕賱夭賵丕噩. 毓丿丕 毓賳 匕賱賰貙 丕賱毓賲賱 爻丕丨乇 噩丿丕賸 賵噩賲賷賱.
鬲丿丕賴賲 賯賵丕鬲 丕賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱 丕賱氐賴賷賵賳賷丞 丕賱賯乇賷丞 賵鬲丨乇賯賴丕 賵鬲賳賴亘 亘賷賵鬲賴丕貙 鬲賯鬲賱 賲丕 鬲賯鬲賱 賵鬲賯賵賲 亘鬲賴噩賷乇 爻賰丕賳賴丕 丕賱匕賷賳 亘賯賵丕 毓賱賶 賯賷丿 丕賱丨賷丕丞. 鬲賳夭丨 毓丕卅賱丞 亘乇賰丞 廿賱賶 賯胤丕毓 睾夭丞 賵鬲爻鬲賯乇 賮賷 賲禺賷賲 丕賱賳氐賷乇丕鬲 賱賱丕噩卅賷賳 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賷賷賳. 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 乇丨賱丞 丕賱賳夭賵丨 賴匕賴貙 鬲毓乇囟 爻賵夭丕賳 兀亘賵 丕賱賴賵賶 賲丨胤丕鬲 鬲禺鬲亘乇 毓夭賲賴賲 賵賯丿乇鬲賴賲 毓賱賶 丕賱氐賲賵丿.
賵賲毓 鬲毓丕賯亘 丕賱爻賳賷賳 賮賷 丕賱賱噩賵亍 賵丕賱賲賳丕賮賷貙 鬲賯毓 賳賵乇 丨賮賷丿丞 賲賲丿賵丨 賮賷 丨亘 丕賱丿賰鬲賵乇 丕賱賳賮爻賷 噩賲丕賱 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲兀鬲賷 廿賱賶 睾夭丞 賱賲毓丕賷賳丞 禺丕賱丿 丕亘賳 兀賱賵丕賳 丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳 賷毓丕賳賷 氐丿賲丞 賳賮爻賷丞 兀賯毓丿鬲賴 丨亘賷爻 賰乇爻賷 賲鬲丨乇賰 賵兀賮賯丿鬲賴 丕賱賯丿乇丞 毓賱賶 丕賱賳胤賯. 賷毓丕賳賷 禺丕賱丿 賲賳 賲鬲賱丕夭賲丞 丕賱賲賳丨亘爻. 鬲噩毓賱 賴匕賴 丕賱丨丕賱丞 丕賱賲乇囟賷丞 丕賱噩爻賲 賮賷 丨丕賱丞 卮賱賱 鬲丕賲 亘賷賳賲丕 賷賰賵賳 丕賱賲乇賷囟 賮賷 丨丕賱丞 丕爻鬲賷賯丕馗 賵廿丿乇丕賰 毓賯賱賷 賰丕賲賱. 丨賷孬 兀賳 禺丕賱丿 賷乇賶 賵賷爻賲毓 賰賱 卮賷亍 賵賱賰賳賴 賱丕 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 丕賱鬲毓丕胤賷 賲毓 丕賱噩賵 丕賱賲丨賷胤 亘賴...
鬲賱鬲賯賷 賳賵乇 亘兀賱賵丕賳貙 賱鬲賰鬲卮賮 賳賵乇 兀賳賴丕 鬲賳鬲賲賷 賱賴匕賴 丕賱毓丕卅賱丞 賵兀賳賴丕 丨賮賷丿丞 賲賲丿賵丨 兀禺 丕賱丨丕噩丞 賳馗賷賲丞 丕賱匕賷 賲丕鬲 賮賷 兀賲乇賷賰丕.
賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱 丕賱孬丕賳賷 丕賱匕賷 兀賯乇兀賴 賱爻賵夭丕賳 兀亘賵 丕賱賴賵賶 亘毓丿 乇賵丕賷鬲賴丕 亘賷賳賲丕 賷賳丕賲 丕賱毓丕賱賲. 賰丕賳鬲 賱睾丞 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱 卮毓乇賷丞 賵噩賲賷賱丞貙 賰賲丕 兀賳 丕賱兀爻賱賵亘 賵丕賱爻乇丿 賰丕賳 卮賷賯丕賸 亘丨亘賰丞 賮賳賷丞 爻丕丨乇丞.
賲兀禺匕賷 毓賱賶 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱 兀賳賴 賮賷 噩夭卅賷丞 賲毓賷賳丞 丕亘鬲毓丿鬲 爻賵夭丕賳 毓賳 丕賱爻賷丕賯 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賷 兀賵 丕賱毓乇亘賷 賮賷 丕賱鬲毓丕胤賷 賲毓 亘毓囟 丕賱賯囟丕賷丕 丕賱丨爻丕爻丞 賱丕 爻賷賲丕 " 賯囟丕賷丕 丕賱丨賲賱 禺丕乇噩 廿胤丕乇 丕賱夭賵丕噩"貙 丨賷孬 鬲丨賲賱 賳賵乇 賲賳 丕賱丿賰鬲賵乇 噩賲丕賱 賵丕賱匕賷 賷鬲乇賰賴丕 賵賷賴丕噩乇 賲毓 夭賵噩鬲賴 廿賱賶 賰賳丿丕.
賰丕賳 鬲毓丕胤賷 丕賱丨丕噩丞 賳馗賲賷丞 賵毓丕卅賱丞 賳賵乇 賮賷 睾夭丞 胤亘賷毓賷丕賸貙 丨鬲賶 兀賳 丕賱丨丕噩丞 賳馗賲賷丞 賵毓丿鬲賴丕 亘廿賷噩丕丿 丨賱 賷噩毓賱 賰賱 兀賴丕賱賷 賲禺賷賲 丕賱賳氐賷乇丕鬲 賷賮鬲禺乇賵賳 亘賴匕丕 丕賱丨賲賱. 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱噩夭卅賷丞貙 賱賲 兀卮毓乇 兀賳 爻賵夭丕賳 兀亘賵 丕賱賴賵賶 毓賰爻鬲 丕賱噩丕賳亘 丕賱孬賯丕賮賷 賵噩丕賳亘 丕賱毓丕丿丕鬲 賵丕賱鬲賯丕賱賷丿 賮賷 鬲毓丕胤賷 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賷 賲毓 賴匕丕 丕賱噩丕賳亘. 丨賷孬 兀賳 丨賲賱 丕賱賲乇兀丞 禺丕乇噩 廿胤丕乇 丕賱夭賵丕噩 賮賷 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賷 賱賷爻 賲賯亘賵賱丕賸貙 賵賱丕 鬲鬲賯亘賱賴 丕锟斤拷毓丕卅賱丕鬲 賵賱丕 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓. 賮丕賱賳爻丕亍 賮賷 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓丕鬲 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞 鬲購賯鬲賱 毓賱賶 兀爻亘丕亘 兀鬲賮賴 賵兀亘爻胤 亘賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱丨賲賱 禺丕乇噩 廿胤丕乇 丕賱夭賵丕噩. 毓丿丕 毓賳 匕賱賰貙 丕賱毓賲賱 爻丕丨乇 噩丿丕賸 賵噩賲賷賱.
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July 31, 2024顿苍蹿鈥檇
It was supposed to make us cry but it made us so confused and dumbfounded 馃槶 somethings felt real but other stuff like the jinn and souleyman stories were so ridiculous and unrealistic it made me roll my eyes everytime it was mentioned because this story was supposed to be real!
Me and meagan next br better make us ugly sob 馃檹馃徎馃馃徎
It was supposed to make us cry but it made us so confused and dumbfounded 馃槶 somethings felt real but other stuff like the jinn and souleyman stories were so ridiculous and unrealistic it made me roll my eyes everytime it was mentioned because this story was supposed to be real!
Me and meagan next br better make us ugly sob 馃檹馃徎馃馃徎
May 1, 2015
From the author of Mornings in Jenin
Most American's only know of Gaza from what they see on the nightly news. Unfortunately, much of the news is colored by the fact the United States and Israel are strong allies.
The Blue Between Sky and Water takes the reader into Gaza on a micro level. We join a multi-generational Palestinian family living in a Gaza refugee camp. We celebrate their joys and suffer their losses. This book will greatly expand your empathy and understanding toward the Palestinian women and children who are caught in the crossfire of the Israel/Palestinian dispute.
Most American's only know of Gaza from what they see on the nightly news. Unfortunately, much of the news is colored by the fact the United States and Israel are strong allies.
The Blue Between Sky and Water takes the reader into Gaza on a micro level. We join a multi-generational Palestinian family living in a Gaza refugee camp. We celebrate their joys and suffer their losses. This book will greatly expand your empathy and understanding toward the Palestinian women and children who are caught in the crossfire of the Israel/Palestinian dispute.
July 28, 2015
As May the 15th marked the day of Nakba (the catastrophe) and the 1948 exodus of Palestinians from their ancestral homeland, now seems a good time to review Susan Abulhawa鈥檚 latest novel, The Blue Between Sky and Water. Set in Palestine, it follows the lives of the Baraka family from Beit Daras to Gaza. In the wake of exile, as the family disperse across the world, a beautiful story of kinship and fractured roots unravels through the novel鈥檚 main female characters Nazmiyeh and Nur. It is a composite story of resilience and strength in the face of dispossession and humiliation underpinned by the Palestinian quest for freedom. Nazmiyeh, the matriarch at the heart of this novel is in many ways the embodiment of that resistance made flesh. She is strong, defiant, fiercely protective, poised in the face of tragedy and instantly likeable. Abulhawa鈥檚 attention to detail is arresting in this inherently strong female book. Through her dazzling characterisation, she writes with a strong sense of autobiography that establishes a relationship with a cultural past that transcends time, boundaries and language and is in many ways reminiscent of Toni Morrison鈥檚 Beloved. Her language, evocative and moving, exudes an emotional truth that is deeply affecting and will stir even the sternest of hearts.
Written from a mixed perspective, Abulhawa鈥檚 prose is rich, verbose and powerful, but for me it is the employment of the first person stream of consciousness that is crucial to the ownership and currency of this story. There is an interdependency between Palestine鈥檚 past and its brutal present that is having a devastating impact on future generations of Palestinians who have only known conflict and that to 鈥榙ie naturally is a blessing鈥�. Nazmiyeh鈥檚 grandson, Khaled鈥檚 voice is a ubiquitous reminder of this ongoing violation of life, childhood and the right to live in peace. By chronicling the personal histories and the entrenched sense of dignity, endurance and the humanity of the Palestinian people that is so often overlooked, the depravity of occupation becomes shockingly clear. Abulhawa highlights this deftly, peppering her prose with references to real life witnesses and atrocities. She quotes Chris Hedges, the heroic Dr Madz Gilbert and pays heart breaking homage to Rachel Corrie, the American peace activist whose story is familiar to western audiences and cherished by Palestinians.
For me this is historical fiction of the highest order, interspersed with the tale are references to Palestinian fisherman shot at sea and children shot at 鈥榝or sport鈥� that will have you guiltily scanning your mind for stories glossed over then forgotten in much of the western world. And yet, perhaps, Abulhawa does not absolve herself from this shameful voyeurism, 鈥榳esterners came and went all the time on poverty and war tours just to go back and write books鈥�, but what differentiates Abulhawa is her courage. The Blue Between Sky and Water is a brave and inspiring novel of forbearance and hope, reclaiming and preserving the cultural wealth of Palestine. Abulhawa writes with passion and honesty to create a profound retelling of the personal histories of her people in this epic multi-generational tale of loss, love and humanity. This is a must read.
Written from a mixed perspective, Abulhawa鈥檚 prose is rich, verbose and powerful, but for me it is the employment of the first person stream of consciousness that is crucial to the ownership and currency of this story. There is an interdependency between Palestine鈥檚 past and its brutal present that is having a devastating impact on future generations of Palestinians who have only known conflict and that to 鈥榙ie naturally is a blessing鈥�. Nazmiyeh鈥檚 grandson, Khaled鈥檚 voice is a ubiquitous reminder of this ongoing violation of life, childhood and the right to live in peace. By chronicling the personal histories and the entrenched sense of dignity, endurance and the humanity of the Palestinian people that is so often overlooked, the depravity of occupation becomes shockingly clear. Abulhawa highlights this deftly, peppering her prose with references to real life witnesses and atrocities. She quotes Chris Hedges, the heroic Dr Madz Gilbert and pays heart breaking homage to Rachel Corrie, the American peace activist whose story is familiar to western audiences and cherished by Palestinians.
For me this is historical fiction of the highest order, interspersed with the tale are references to Palestinian fisherman shot at sea and children shot at 鈥榝or sport鈥� that will have you guiltily scanning your mind for stories glossed over then forgotten in much of the western world. And yet, perhaps, Abulhawa does not absolve herself from this shameful voyeurism, 鈥榳esterners came and went all the time on poverty and war tours just to go back and write books鈥�, but what differentiates Abulhawa is her courage. The Blue Between Sky and Water is a brave and inspiring novel of forbearance and hope, reclaiming and preserving the cultural wealth of Palestine. Abulhawa writes with passion and honesty to create a profound retelling of the personal histories of her people in this epic multi-generational tale of loss, love and humanity. This is a must read.
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July 31, 2024Well we finally decided to DNF. It's a shame, I really liked the authors other book but this one was not it. The writing style was awful, I had no idea the message she was trying to relay.
贬辞诲补馃挅 & I next buddy read will actually be a good book lol
贬辞诲补馃挅 & I next buddy read will actually be a good book lol
May 20, 2021
Pain seeps through the pages of this book but so does a shimmer of hope, defiant joy, humanity in the face of banality of existence and of love.
As for readers of Mornings in Jenin looking for comparison: this is a story in its own right, a book that uses multiple first person narrators, lacks the Israeli perspective (unlike Mornings in Jenin, there r no jewish characters or portrayals). It is exponentially a book strongly rooted in the depths of matriarchal culture of Palestine exploring the power of assistance and strength of women who stick together in the face of wars, rapes, exile, imprisonment, child births lack of medical facilities, disease and above all watching fire and death pour from the sky and leap from the earth to claim their fathers, sons, daughters, sisters, brothers, mothers, spouses, friends and neighbours, indiscriminately.
This book might as well appeal to readers of Elif Shafak.
The element of MAGIC REALISM distinguishes it from Mornings in Jenin and has an undercurrent of mysticism of its own.
And last but not the least, I had to write a review for this one because of the goodread community's comments about it being pro Palestinian or anti semitic and the like. I will say only one thing in this regard (because I don't think it fair to belittle the inhuman misery of humans, under siege and pain, on the basis of mere cultural affiliations).
There is a consensus on the issue of Holocaust that it was bad and I stand by it , there aren't any objections to literature about the Jews' extermination as being pro-jewish or anti-Nazi, mainly because the "mighty" of the world have agreed to address the issue in one and only one light "abuse of power against the innocent regardless of their race and colour was wrong", the same rule applies to all the oppressed of the world be they Jews or the victims of certain Jews. Evil of few can't be generalised to define a whole race this applies to all communities. Until the world decides on this there will always be OPPRESSED.
As for readers of Mornings in Jenin looking for comparison: this is a story in its own right, a book that uses multiple first person narrators, lacks the Israeli perspective (unlike Mornings in Jenin, there r no jewish characters or portrayals). It is exponentially a book strongly rooted in the depths of matriarchal culture of Palestine exploring the power of assistance and strength of women who stick together in the face of wars, rapes, exile, imprisonment, child births lack of medical facilities, disease and above all watching fire and death pour from the sky and leap from the earth to claim their fathers, sons, daughters, sisters, brothers, mothers, spouses, friends and neighbours, indiscriminately.
This book might as well appeal to readers of Elif Shafak.
The element of MAGIC REALISM distinguishes it from Mornings in Jenin and has an undercurrent of mysticism of its own.
And last but not the least, I had to write a review for this one because of the goodread community's comments about it being pro Palestinian or anti semitic and the like. I will say only one thing in this regard (because I don't think it fair to belittle the inhuman misery of humans, under siege and pain, on the basis of mere cultural affiliations).
There is a consensus on the issue of Holocaust that it was bad and I stand by it , there aren't any objections to literature about the Jews' extermination as being pro-jewish or anti-Nazi, mainly because the "mighty" of the world have agreed to address the issue in one and only one light "abuse of power against the innocent regardless of their race and colour was wrong", the same rule applies to all the oppressed of the world be they Jews or the victims of certain Jews. Evil of few can't be generalised to define a whole race this applies to all communities. Until the world decides on this there will always be OPPRESSED.
August 11, 2018
丕賱兀夭乇賯 賱賵賳丕賳...亘賷賳 丕賱爻賲丕亍 賵丕賱賲丕亍
賵丕賱賲賴噩乇 賳賵毓丕賳...睾乇亘丞 賵胤賳 賵睾乇亘丞 丿丕禺賱 賵胤賳
賵賴賳丕 兀亘丿毓鬲 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 丕賱乇丕卅毓丞 賮賶 賵氐賮 丕賱兀夭乇賯
賴賳丕賰 丨賷孬 賷賳胤賵賷 丕賱夭賲賳 毓賱賶 賳賮爻賴.. 亘賷賳 丕賱爻賲丕亍 賵丕賱賲丕亍
賴賳丕賰 丨賷孬 賷囟乇亘 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賶 丕賱賲賴噩乇 噩匕賵乇丕賸 賵丕賴賷丞 賮賱丕 亘賱丿 睾乇賷亘丞
賵賷丨丕賵賱 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賶 丕賱賲賴噩乇 賲賳 賵胤賳賴 丿丕禺賱 賵胤賳賴 亘賳丕亍 丨賷丕丞 賮賶 賲毓爻賰乇丕鬲 賷丨賵胤賴丕 賲爻鬲賵胤賳丕鬲
賵丕賱乇丨賱丞 賴匕賴 丕賱賲乇丞 毓亘乇 丕賱夭賲賳
夭賲賳 亘賷鬲 丿丕乇丕爻 丨賷孬 丕賱亘賱丿丞 丕賱兀賲賳賴 賰丨丕賱 賮賱爻胤賷賳 賰賱賴丕 賯亘賱 丕賱賳賰亘丞
賵毓丕卅賱丞 賲賳 丕賲 賵丕胤賮丕賱賴丕 鬲賰鬲賵賶 亘賳丕乇 賮乇丕賯 丕賱丕賲 丕孬賳丕亍 丕賱賴乇賵亘 賲賳 賳賷乇丕賳 亘卮乇 賱賷爻賵 亘亘卮乇
賵賲丨丕賵賱丕鬲 賳馗賷賲丞 賵賲賲丿賵丨 賱亘賳丕亍 丨賷丕丞
賳馗賷賲丞 賮賶 睾夭丞 賮賶 丨賷丕丞 丕賱丕噩卅賷賳 丿丕禺賱 賵胤賳賴賲
賵賲賲丿賵丨 丕賱匕賶 丕爻鬲賯乇 亘賴 丕賱丨丕賱 賲毓 丨亘 毓賲乇賴 賮賶 丕賲乇賷賰丕
賵賷賵賲 丕賳 賯乇乇 丕賱乇噩賵毓 卮丕亍 丕賱賯丿乇 丕賳 賷賲賵鬲 賵賷丿賮賳 賮賶 睾乇亘鬲賴
賵鬲爻鬲賲乇 丕賱乇丨賱丞 賲毓 賳賵乇 丨賷丕鬲賴...丕賱丕亘賳丞 丕賱鬲賶 毓丕卮鬲 馗乇賵賮 毓丕卅賱賷丞 賲賳 丕賱丕賯爻賶
賵乇丨賱丞 賳賵乇 賲賳 丕賲乇賷賰丕 丕賱賶 睾夭丞 亘氐丿賮丞 毓噩賷亘丞
賵噩賵丿賴丕 賵爻胤 丕賴賱賴丕 亘丿賵賳 毓賱賲 丕賱噩賲賷毓
賵賱丨馗丕鬲 丕賱賱賯丕亍
賷丕 丕賱賱賴
乇賵丕賷丞 賲亘賴乇丞 賵賵氐賮 丿賯賷賯 賱賰賱 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 賮賶 丕賱賲賴噩乇賷賳
丨賷丕丞 賲賴噩乇 賮賱爻胤賷賳賶 賵氐毓賵亘丕鬲賴 賲毓 丕亘賳賴
乇丨賱丞 賳賵乇 賲賳 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賮賶 賰賳賮 噩丿 賲丨亘 丕賱賶 丕賲賴丕 賵夭賵噩賴丕 賲乇賵乇丕 亘丿賵乇 丕賱乇毓丕賷丞
丕賱鬲睾賷乇丕鬲 賮賶 卮禺氐賷鬲賴丕...賵丕賱乇噩賵毓 丕賱賶 丕賱賵胤賳
賵乇丨賱丞 賳馗賷賲丞 賵丨賷丕丞 丕賱丕噩卅賷賳 賵賲賳 賰鬲亘 毓賱賷賴賲 丕賱睾乇亘丞 丿丕禺賱 賵胤賳賴賲
胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱賲賯丕賵賲丞 賵丕賱鬲毓丕賲賱 賲毓 丨賷丕丞 賮賶 賲賳鬲賴賶 丕賱氐毓賵亘丞
丨鬲賶 丕賱丨乇亘 賵丕賱丕噩鬲賷丕丨 丕賱匕賶 鬲賲丕乇爻賴 丕爻乇丕卅賷賱 亘丿賵賳 爻亘亘
賲丨丕賵賱丕鬲 賳馗賷賲丞 賱賱賲 丕賱卮賲賱 賵爻賳丿 丕賱噩賲賷毓 胤賵賱 丕賱賵賯鬲
賵禺丕賱丿...兀賱匕賶 賲乇 賰丕賱胤賷賮
賵賲乇賷賲...丕賱亘胤賱丞 丕賱賲噩賴賵賱丞
賱睾丞 乇丕卅毓丞 賵鬲乇噩賲丞 賮賶 睾丕賷丞 丕賱鬲賲賷夭
賵乇賵丕賷丞 賲亘賴乇丞 賱丕鬲賯賱 噩賲丕賱丕賸 毓賳 亘賷賳賲丕 賷賳丕賲 丕賱毓丕賱賲
賵賱賰賳 鬲亘賯賶 亘賷賳賲丕 賷賳丕賲 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賴賶 丕賱賲賮囟賱丞 丨鬲賶 丕賱丕賳 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 廿賱賶 賲毓 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞
禺賲爻丞 賳噩賵賲 賵乇賵丕賷丞 乇丕卅毓丞
丕賳鬲賴賶 丕賱乇賮賷賵
#丕賱賰鬲丕亘冲乇賯賲冲71冲賱爻賳丞冲2018
#毓胤乇冲賮賱爻胤賷賳
賵丕賱賲賴噩乇 賳賵毓丕賳...睾乇亘丞 賵胤賳 賵睾乇亘丞 丿丕禺賱 賵胤賳
賵賴賳丕 兀亘丿毓鬲 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 丕賱乇丕卅毓丞 賮賶 賵氐賮 丕賱兀夭乇賯
賴賳丕賰 丨賷孬 賷賳胤賵賷 丕賱夭賲賳 毓賱賶 賳賮爻賴.. 亘賷賳 丕賱爻賲丕亍 賵丕賱賲丕亍
賴賳丕賰 丨賷孬 賷囟乇亘 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賶 丕賱賲賴噩乇 噩匕賵乇丕賸 賵丕賴賷丞 賮賱丕 亘賱丿 睾乇賷亘丞
賵賷丨丕賵賱 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賶 丕賱賲賴噩乇 賲賳 賵胤賳賴 丿丕禺賱 賵胤賳賴 亘賳丕亍 丨賷丕丞 賮賶 賲毓爻賰乇丕鬲 賷丨賵胤賴丕 賲爻鬲賵胤賳丕鬲
賵丕賱乇丨賱丞 賴匕賴 丕賱賲乇丞 毓亘乇 丕賱夭賲賳
夭賲賳 亘賷鬲 丿丕乇丕爻 丨賷孬 丕賱亘賱丿丞 丕賱兀賲賳賴 賰丨丕賱 賮賱爻胤賷賳 賰賱賴丕 賯亘賱 丕賱賳賰亘丞
賵毓丕卅賱丞 賲賳 丕賲 賵丕胤賮丕賱賴丕 鬲賰鬲賵賶 亘賳丕乇 賮乇丕賯 丕賱丕賲 丕孬賳丕亍 丕賱賴乇賵亘 賲賳 賳賷乇丕賳 亘卮乇 賱賷爻賵 亘亘卮乇
賵賲丨丕賵賱丕鬲 賳馗賷賲丞 賵賲賲丿賵丨 賱亘賳丕亍 丨賷丕丞
賳馗賷賲丞 賮賶 睾夭丞 賮賶 丨賷丕丞 丕賱丕噩卅賷賳 丿丕禺賱 賵胤賳賴賲
賵賲賲丿賵丨 丕賱匕賶 丕爻鬲賯乇 亘賴 丕賱丨丕賱 賲毓 丨亘 毓賲乇賴 賮賶 丕賲乇賷賰丕
賵賷賵賲 丕賳 賯乇乇 丕賱乇噩賵毓 卮丕亍 丕賱賯丿乇 丕賳 賷賲賵鬲 賵賷丿賮賳 賮賶 睾乇亘鬲賴
賵鬲爻鬲賲乇 丕賱乇丨賱丞 賲毓 賳賵乇 丨賷丕鬲賴...丕賱丕亘賳丞 丕賱鬲賶 毓丕卮鬲 馗乇賵賮 毓丕卅賱賷丞 賲賳 丕賱丕賯爻賶
賵乇丨賱丞 賳賵乇 賲賳 丕賲乇賷賰丕 丕賱賶 睾夭丞 亘氐丿賮丞 毓噩賷亘丞
賵噩賵丿賴丕 賵爻胤 丕賴賱賴丕 亘丿賵賳 毓賱賲 丕賱噩賲賷毓
賵賱丨馗丕鬲 丕賱賱賯丕亍
賷丕 丕賱賱賴
乇賵丕賷丞 賲亘賴乇丞 賵賵氐賮 丿賯賷賯 賱賰賱 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 賮賶 丕賱賲賴噩乇賷賳
丨賷丕丞 賲賴噩乇 賮賱爻胤賷賳賶 賵氐毓賵亘丕鬲賴 賲毓 丕亘賳賴
乇丨賱丞 賳賵乇 賲賳 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賮賶 賰賳賮 噩丿 賲丨亘 丕賱賶 丕賲賴丕 賵夭賵噩賴丕 賲乇賵乇丕 亘丿賵乇 丕賱乇毓丕賷丞
丕賱鬲睾賷乇丕鬲 賮賶 卮禺氐賷鬲賴丕...賵丕賱乇噩賵毓 丕賱賶 丕賱賵胤賳
賵乇丨賱丞 賳馗賷賲丞 賵丨賷丕丞 丕賱丕噩卅賷賳 賵賲賳 賰鬲亘 毓賱賷賴賲 丕賱睾乇亘丞 丿丕禺賱 賵胤賳賴賲
胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱賲賯丕賵賲丞 賵丕賱鬲毓丕賲賱 賲毓 丨賷丕丞 賮賶 賲賳鬲賴賶 丕賱氐毓賵亘丞
丨鬲賶 丕賱丨乇亘 賵丕賱丕噩鬲賷丕丨 丕賱匕賶 鬲賲丕乇爻賴 丕爻乇丕卅賷賱 亘丿賵賳 爻亘亘
賲丨丕賵賱丕鬲 賳馗賷賲丞 賱賱賲 丕賱卮賲賱 賵爻賳丿 丕賱噩賲賷毓 胤賵賱 丕賱賵賯鬲
賵禺丕賱丿...兀賱匕賶 賲乇 賰丕賱胤賷賮
賵賲乇賷賲...丕賱亘胤賱丞 丕賱賲噩賴賵賱丞
賱睾丞 乇丕卅毓丞 賵鬲乇噩賲丞 賮賶 睾丕賷丞 丕賱鬲賲賷夭
賵乇賵丕賷丞 賲亘賴乇丞 賱丕鬲賯賱 噩賲丕賱丕賸 毓賳 亘賷賳賲丕 賷賳丕賲 丕賱毓丕賱賲
賵賱賰賳 鬲亘賯賶 亘賷賳賲丕 賷賳丕賲 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賴賶 丕賱賲賮囟賱丞 丨鬲賶 丕賱丕賳 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 廿賱賶 賲毓 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞
禺賲爻丞 賳噩賵賲 賵乇賵丕賷丞 乇丕卅毓丞
丕賳鬲賴賶 丕賱乇賮賷賵
#丕賱賰鬲丕亘冲乇賯賲冲71冲賱爻賳丞冲2018
#毓胤乇冲賮賱爻胤賷賳
October 21, 2018
卮丕亍鬲 丕賱賲氐丕丿賮丞 兀賳 丕卮鬲乇賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲賳 賲賰鬲亘丞 賮賷 睾夭丞 丕賱丨亘賷亘丞 賵 兀賳 丕亘丿兀 賯乇丕亍丞 氐賮丨丕鬲賴丕 賮賷 胤乇賷賯 丕賱毓賵丿丞 賲賳 睾夭丞.
賱丕賲爻鬲 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賯賱亘賷 賰賲丕 賵 兀賳賳賷 丕卮賴丿 毓賱賶 賴匕丕 丕賱兀賲賱 丕賱毓噩賷亘 賵 丕賱賯賵丞 賱爻賰丕賳 睾夭丞.
丕賲 賲賲丿賵丨貙 賳馗賲賷丞貙 兀賱賵丕賳 貙 賳賵乇 賵 噩賲賷毓 賳爻丕亍 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲丕 賴賳賾 廿賱丕 丨賰丕賷丕 賴匕丕 丕賱賵胤賳 賵 丨賰丕賷丕鬲賴 賲賳 兀賱賲 賵 兀賲賱 賵 睾乇亘丞 賵 卮賵賯.
賱丕賲爻鬲 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賯賱亘賷 賰賲丕 賵 兀賳賳賷 丕卮賴丿 毓賱賶 賴匕丕 丕賱兀賲賱 丕賱毓噩賷亘 賵 丕賱賯賵丞 賱爻賰丕賳 睾夭丞.
丕賲 賲賲丿賵丨貙 賳馗賲賷丞貙 兀賱賵丕賳 貙 賳賵乇 賵 噩賲賷毓 賳爻丕亍 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲丕 賴賳賾 廿賱丕 丨賰丕賷丕 賴匕丕 丕賱賵胤賳 賵 丨賰丕賷丕鬲賴 賲賳 兀賱賲 賵 兀賲賱 賵 睾乇亘丞 賵 卮賵賯.
March 21, 2018
Blu speranza
Dopo il grigiore e il fango dei campi profughi dei Territori occupati della Cisgiordania e del Libano, la delicata scrittura di Susan Abulhawa ci conduce nel blu di Gaza. Nel blu del suo mare, del suo cielo, della sua speranza. Gi脿, perch茅 se questa ha un colore, laggi霉 si tinge proprio di blu: quello profondo e scintillante del Mediterraneo che accarezza le spiagge di una striscia di terra tra le pi霉 densamente popolate al mondo, promettendo crudelmente libert脿 e suscitando strazianti desideri d鈥檃ltrove e normalit脿. A Gaza, infatti, non si 猫 liberi n茅 si vive in condizioni normali: 猫 una prigione a cielo aperto, una dimensione d鈥檈silio perenne, un limbo che ogni giorno precipita nell鈥檌nferno della sopravvivenza all鈥檕ccupazione militare israeliana.
Ma il blu, quello tra il cielo e il mare che il titolo evoca, 猫 anche quel luogo di silenzi dove la vita e la morte si confondono e passato e futuro s鈥檌ncontrano, cos矛 come vi si ritrovano insieme uomini e spiriti. 脠 proprio quest鈥檈lemento magico dal sapore dolcemente onirico a impreziosire il romanzo che, ancor pi霉 che nel precedente 鈥淥gni mattina a Jenin鈥�, ci racconta una storia pressoch茅 al femminile: una storia di donne unite tra loro da indissolubili legami di sangue, terra e disperazione sullo sfondo della Nakba, l鈥檌mmane e ininterrotta catastrofe che da quasi settant鈥檃nni vivono gli arabi della Palestina nel disinteresse del mondo (鈥渇ratelli鈥� arabi compresi) e dell鈥檌pocrisia della diplomazia internazionale. E cos矛 le vicende delle donne di una famiglia palestinese come tante, dalla matriarca forte come una roccia alla nipotina dall鈥檌nfanzia stravolta dalla guerra, s鈥檌ntrecciano a quelle inferte dalla Storia alla loro terra, fino ad avvenimenti non lontani nel tempo come i bombardamenti su Gaza tra la fine del 2008 e l鈥檌nizio del 2009 o la liberazione del soldato israeliano Gilad Shalit da parte di Hamas nel 2011.
Grandi protagoniste del romanzo, la forza e la fragilit脿 delle donne si alternano tra queste pagine, mentre dalle ormai croniche macerie di Gaza emergono non solo brandelli di vite spezzate e sogni recisi, ma anche tanta voglia di un nuovo inizio e, soprattutto, la speranza che si veste immancabilmente di blu.
Dopo il grigiore e il fango dei campi profughi dei Territori occupati della Cisgiordania e del Libano, la delicata scrittura di Susan Abulhawa ci conduce nel blu di Gaza. Nel blu del suo mare, del suo cielo, della sua speranza. Gi脿, perch茅 se questa ha un colore, laggi霉 si tinge proprio di blu: quello profondo e scintillante del Mediterraneo che accarezza le spiagge di una striscia di terra tra le pi霉 densamente popolate al mondo, promettendo crudelmente libert脿 e suscitando strazianti desideri d鈥檃ltrove e normalit脿. A Gaza, infatti, non si 猫 liberi n茅 si vive in condizioni normali: 猫 una prigione a cielo aperto, una dimensione d鈥檈silio perenne, un limbo che ogni giorno precipita nell鈥檌nferno della sopravvivenza all鈥檕ccupazione militare israeliana.
Ma il blu, quello tra il cielo e il mare che il titolo evoca, 猫 anche quel luogo di silenzi dove la vita e la morte si confondono e passato e futuro s鈥檌ncontrano, cos矛 come vi si ritrovano insieme uomini e spiriti. 脠 proprio quest鈥檈lemento magico dal sapore dolcemente onirico a impreziosire il romanzo che, ancor pi霉 che nel precedente 鈥淥gni mattina a Jenin鈥�, ci racconta una storia pressoch茅 al femminile: una storia di donne unite tra loro da indissolubili legami di sangue, terra e disperazione sullo sfondo della Nakba, l鈥檌mmane e ininterrotta catastrofe che da quasi settant鈥檃nni vivono gli arabi della Palestina nel disinteresse del mondo (鈥渇ratelli鈥� arabi compresi) e dell鈥檌pocrisia della diplomazia internazionale. E cos矛 le vicende delle donne di una famiglia palestinese come tante, dalla matriarca forte come una roccia alla nipotina dall鈥檌nfanzia stravolta dalla guerra, s鈥檌ntrecciano a quelle inferte dalla Storia alla loro terra, fino ad avvenimenti non lontani nel tempo come i bombardamenti su Gaza tra la fine del 2008 e l鈥檌nizio del 2009 o la liberazione del soldato israeliano Gilad Shalit da parte di Hamas nel 2011.
Grandi protagoniste del romanzo, la forza e la fragilit脿 delle donne si alternano tra queste pagine, mentre dalle ormai croniche macerie di Gaza emergono non solo brandelli di vite spezzate e sogni recisi, ma anche tanta voglia di un nuovo inizio e, soprattutto, la speranza che si veste immancabilmente di blu.
October 27, 2023
This book broke my heart so many times I lost track but it's also strikingly beautiful. Normally I'm not really one for family sagas because I struggle with names, but Abulhawa managed to make it easy somehow.
Every character was beautiful and yet very human and imperfect.
If you're in the market for an utterly devastating but also sweet and hopeful story which doubles as a love letter to family and the Palestinian people this one would be a great pick.
Every character was beautiful and yet very human and imperfect.
If you're in the market for an utterly devastating but also sweet and hopeful story which doubles as a love letter to family and the Palestinian people this one would be a great pick.
May 14, 2015
This is the other side of the story, so to speak- about refugees forced into the Gaza strip. Nazmiyeh is the matriarch, and we follow generations of the family as they suffer the humiliations and struggles of displacement (exile really). With a daughter sick with cancer and cut from resources (medicine included) she will turn to the beekeepers wife for healing. But it is more than just a story about horrific history, there is no doubt it has shaped and destroyed the family in different ways. There is so much loss and abuse and yet Nazmiyeh holds the family together. There is magical realism as well which really made for an interesting unexpected dynamic to this tale. My heart ached with the beautiful love Nur and her grandfather shared- only to be rent by the horrible situations she ends up in upon losing him. My favorite quote comes from her grandfather, who loved to tell her stories. "Stories matter. We are composed of our stories. The human heart is made of the words we put in it. If someone ever says mean things to you, don't let those words go into your heart, and be careful not to put mean words into other people's hearts."
It's hard to sum this novel into a neat package, because there is always something happening and it's not just a story about refugees in the Gaza. It was interesting to read about the women as being fiery and strong, not because I don't believe they are but many people in the western world often believe them to be submissive and retreating. They don't imagine a woman can carry a family or be respected, but mothers are often revered. It is easy to dismiss a people and never imagine their sufferings, this novel certainly sheds light on the conflict. Politics aside, for the family tale alone the novel is wonderfully written. There are many wonderful quotes I highlighted, and the writing is good. There is much horror and pain, but there is love and hope as well. I have always enjoyed reading different perspectives, we really all do carry stories not just of how we are shaped by our family (good or bad) but also by our people collectively, whatever country we call home. We all suffer over those we love and hope to protect, regardless of our ethnic background or religious beliefs, to think otherwise is to dehumanize. The visions make sense at the end,' that place between the sky and water where all is as it once was, and where all will meet again.' I cannot begin to imagine the severed roots, the refugee existence though my own father and grandparents were briefly refugees from Hungary until they made it to America. Hearing about it is one thing, living it is another. History is rife with brutality and there is not a people incapable of committing atrocities, good and bad- the lines blur. The only thing we have to share our experience is often storytelling. Well done.
It's hard to sum this novel into a neat package, because there is always something happening and it's not just a story about refugees in the Gaza. It was interesting to read about the women as being fiery and strong, not because I don't believe they are but many people in the western world often believe them to be submissive and retreating. They don't imagine a woman can carry a family or be respected, but mothers are often revered. It is easy to dismiss a people and never imagine their sufferings, this novel certainly sheds light on the conflict. Politics aside, for the family tale alone the novel is wonderfully written. There are many wonderful quotes I highlighted, and the writing is good. There is much horror and pain, but there is love and hope as well. I have always enjoyed reading different perspectives, we really all do carry stories not just of how we are shaped by our family (good or bad) but also by our people collectively, whatever country we call home. We all suffer over those we love and hope to protect, regardless of our ethnic background or religious beliefs, to think otherwise is to dehumanize. The visions make sense at the end,' that place between the sky and water where all is as it once was, and where all will meet again.' I cannot begin to imagine the severed roots, the refugee existence though my own father and grandparents were briefly refugees from Hungary until they made it to America. Hearing about it is one thing, living it is another. History is rife with brutality and there is not a people incapable of committing atrocities, good and bad- the lines blur. The only thing we have to share our experience is often storytelling. Well done.
October 11, 2023
Israel-stat terorist!
"Documente desecretizate,obtinute multi ani mai tarziu,au dezvaluit cutremuratoarea precizie cu care israelul calcula necesarul de calorii pentru cei 1,8 milioane de palestinieni din Gaza pentru a-i face sa flamanzeasca ,dar sa nu moara de foame"
"Insa n-am mai vazut soldati ademenind copiii ca pe niste soareci in cursa si omorandu-i ca sa se distreze"
"Documente desecretizate,obtinute multi ani mai tarziu,au dezvaluit cutremuratoarea precizie cu care israelul calcula necesarul de calorii pentru cei 1,8 milioane de palestinieni din Gaza pentru a-i face sa flamanzeasca ,dar sa nu moara de foame"
"Insa n-am mai vazut soldati ademenind copiii ca pe niste soareci in cursa si omorandu-i ca sa se distreze"
March 23, 2016
The Western media and Governments paint Palestinians as the bad guys. But they are people and this book so movingly relates the lives of one Palestinian family from the time of establishing Israel to today. The family came from simple farming and fishing stock and held centuries long customs and beliefs focused on God and the family. There is superstition and the evil eye to be avoided. Forced to live in Gaza they hang on to their dignity and traditions waiting for the day they can live peacefully away from the violence and military power of Israel.
One of their family migrates to America and a granddaughter. Nur becomes a powerful comparison between life in Gaza and the Western world which has walked away from family, belief and respect. She is molested by her stepfather, despised by her mother and left to grow up in foster homes. The only person who stays in contact with Nur through these years is a child welfare office, herself a refugee from South Africa. She finally finds love and people who want her in their lives when she goes back to Gaza.
The prose shines. The words come out of the pages. Strong women abound. Just a wonderful and memorable book.
One of their family migrates to America and a granddaughter. Nur becomes a powerful comparison between life in Gaza and the Western world which has walked away from family, belief and respect. She is molested by her stepfather, despised by her mother and left to grow up in foster homes. The only person who stays in contact with Nur through these years is a child welfare office, herself a refugee from South Africa. She finally finds love and people who want her in their lives when she goes back to Gaza.
The prose shines. The words come out of the pages. Strong women abound. Just a wonderful and memorable book.
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October 16, 2015Am going to put this aside for the moment and hope to come back to it at some stage as its just not holding my attention right now.
January 29, 2016
20/20
Un coup de coeur si fort pour ce roman qui nous plonge dans la culture orientale et dans la vie tellement douloureuse des palestiniens dans les camps de r茅fugi茅s o霉 ils doivent apprendre 脿 vivre, grandir, mourir. Un roman sur la famille qui nous fait voyager entre les Etats-Unis et l鈥橭rient et qui m鈥檃 beaucoup touch茅 et appris. Une petite touche de magie qui ajoute une beaut茅 sans fin 脿 cette histoire unique.
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Un coup de coeur si fort pour ce roman qui nous plonge dans la culture orientale et dans la vie tellement douloureuse des palestiniens dans les camps de r茅fugi茅s o霉 ils doivent apprendre 脿 vivre, grandir, mourir. Un roman sur la famille qui nous fait voyager entre les Etats-Unis et l鈥橭rient et qui m鈥檃 beaucoup touch茅 et appris. Une petite touche de magie qui ajoute une beaut茅 sans fin 脿 cette histoire unique.
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August 8, 2018
Da quando ho cominciato a leggere romanzi e saggi provenienti dal mondo arabo questo 猫 stato uno dei pi霉 difficili che ho incontrato ma che, dopo essere stato lasciato doverosamente a sedimentare qualche giorno, mi ha lasciato pi霉 arricchito.
L' autrice ha sicuramente tratto la forza dalla dura e travagliata esperienza della sua famiglia (travolta dal conflitto israelo-palestinese) per darci uno spaccato della vita all'interno di Gaza e dei territori occupati: un popolo indurito dalle sofferenze ma anche appassionato, vitale, quasi poetico nel suo modo di vedere il mondo; legato con ferocia alle proprie identit脿 ed alle proprie tradizioni che di fatto sono l'unica garanzia contro l'annientamento culturale che sembra essere imposto con la forza dalla schiacciante pressione della vicina Israele, che passa da una vittoria all'altra.
Se si vuole capire almeno in parte il popolo palestinese bisogna leggere pagine come queste, pure mentre affrontavo i primi capitoli, la lettura mi aveva infastidito. Perch猫 le sofferenze subite da questa gente quasi mai si traducono in una giusta volont脿 di lotta per la libert脿 e la giustizia ma, condita da orgoglio e spirito di rivalsa sicuramente molto forti, si trasformavano in ansia di vendetta. Quasi ho pensato che non si piangesse il sopruso ma la sconfitta; che non si desiderasse prima la giustizia e poi la pace ma prima di tutto la posizione di privilegio e di dominazione. Questo, unito ad un senso strisciante di superiorit脿 e di disprezzo nei confronti degli occidentali, le cui debolezze vengono esaltate e generalizzate in modo abbastanza goffo e pregiudiziale, stava per farmi interrompere la lettura. Come si permette questa gente che guarda con compiacimento al marito che prende a schiaffoni la moglie se non si comporta bene, che ancora avanza per matrimoni combinati, di dare lezioni di civilt脿 a me? Detto che 猫 abbastanza naturale che avvenga questo (quasi mai le rivoluzioni avvengono per la giustizia, ma segretamente per sostituire la classe dirigente nella posizione di comando), in un secondo momento ho pensato che questo ragionamento non fosse corretto. La realt脿 猫 che se si compiono passi per andare incontro all'altro da s猫, 猫 quasi normale aspettarsi una diversit脿 che scandalizza, che potrebbe quasi offendere: altrimenti che altro sarebbe? Non avevo nessun diritto di sentirmi giudicato n猫 di giudicare, soprattutto considerato che si parla di un popolo esacerbato da decenni di oppressioni. Pu貌 sembrare banale ma resta un passo importante da tener sempre presente, soprattutto quando si vive bersagliati da messaggi di segno opposto.
Dal punto di vista storico-culturale la lettura 猫 importantissima. "Nel blu tra il cielo ed il mare" ancor pi霉 di "Ogni mattina a Jenin" ci d脿 un'idea chiara di un popolo, del suo modo di vivere e di pensare, della sua idea di casa, ma anche e soprattutto di che cosa significhi il dramma dell'esilio e dell'emigrazione (si possono immaginare argomenti pi霉 attuali, visti i tempi)? Le pagine dell'emigrazione di Mamduh negli Stati Uniti che porter脿 alla crescita forzata della piccola Nur in un paese straniero da un lato descrivono molto bene il senso di straniamento ed il dolore dello strappo, dall'altra prestono il fianco a critiche secondo me oggettive.
La visione che Susan Abulhawa d脿 dell'americano medio (per bocca dei protagonisti, ma parrebbe che lo pensi anche lei) 猫 quello di un vizioso immorale, nel peggiore dei casi un maniaco pervertito. Leggendo questa parte appare al lettore quasi normale che la madre americana di Nur (nata da un matrimonio misto) sia poco pi霉 che una sgualdrina mentre il padre musulmano virtuosissimo, cos矛 come appare pi霉 che giustificato che alla morte del padre si faccia di tutto per strappare il figlio alla madre (la quale nel frattempo si 猫 risposata con un uomo che -ovviamente- 猫 un pedofilo) e riportarlo in Palestina. Al di l脿 che leggendo romanzi mi ha sempre dato fastidio che si concentrino troppe deviazioni tutte insieme, perch猫 non 猫 credibile (ho recensito severamente Maurizio de Giovanni riguardo a questo, per esempio), chi parla della fatica di un matrimonio misto deve mostrare anche il pianto delle madri che hanno sposato ed avuto figli da mariti arabi e se li sono visti portare via, ad esempio. Se poi penso che la madre in questione 猫 spagnola (l'autrice la definisce Castigliana - perch猫 non abbia voluto dare alla Spagna la dignit脿 di nazione non si capisce), la scena diventa ancor meno credibile, perch猫 il popolo spagnolo 猫 in assoluto tra i pi霉 legati al valore della famiglia specialmente nelle sue fasce pi霉 conservatrici, alle quali il personaggio in questiomne sembra appartenere.
Non sto dicendo che una nichilistica mancanza di valori che spesso porta al vizio non sia presente negli USA, e ci sono opere di letteratura americana che ce la mostrano molto bene - ma qui si sta parlando d'altro, ed infatti siccome spazio e risorse sono pochi, il tutto si riduce a poco pi霉 che al ribadire un pregiudizio ed una generalizzazione abbastanza inaccettabili.
Se si vuole leggere del declino dei valori negli Stati Uniti Francis Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck, Kent Haruf, Philip Roth e molti altri lo hanno fatto meglio, in modo ancor pi霉 incisivo se possibile, a ragion veduta, e senza pregiudizi e generalizzazioni.
Sono invece bellissime ed intrise di struggente solitudine le pagine che ci descrivono il peregrinare di Nur da casa di accoglienza a casa di accoglienza, da affido ad affido, uno pi霉 problematico dell'altro. Sono temi importanti e problematici, su cui il libro fa riflettere.
Punto molto importante da cogliere MAI, in tutto il libro, il confronto tra palestinesi ed ebrei, tra palestinesi ed americani, si svolge sul piano religioso. Il cristianesimo compare una sola volta in questa storia, e quando lo fa, lo fa per dirsene bene. Il palestinese di religione cristiana Abu Michele vive tra la sua gente rispettato da tutti e senza che nessuno pensi minimamente di toccargli un capello per questo, e sar脿 la repressione israeliana ad abbatterlo senza motivo. Sarebbe bene che le persone se lo ricordassero, quando Trump o Salvini invitano alla crociata per la difesa del creocifisso o altre amenit脿 del genere.
E' un bel libro che mi ha fatto conoscere meglio il popolo palestinese e la sua storia, incluse alcune figure molto belle del suo immaginario fantastico come il Djinn, un personaggio mitologico che avevo gi脿 incontrato ma solo di sfuggita. E' un libro che strappa il velo sui crimini e le mostruosit脿 commesse da Israele nel corso del suo conflitto col popolo palestinese. Ma 猫 anche un libro intriso di un senso di superiorit脿 del mondo arabo nei confronti del suo altro, un senso di superiorit脿 che non viene giustificato in alcun modo dalla lettura: se 猫 umano e naturale in una nazione che ha sofferto molto come quella palestinese (quanta simpatia mi ispira Umm Mamduh, anche quando dice che "per fortuna Nur non 猫 pi霉 americana"!), l'autrice lo fa suo con troppa facilit脿, dimenticando la sua responsabilit脿 di scrittrice.
In questi anni sempre di pi霉 mi sforzo di dividere le persone non per razza o nazione o cultura, ma tra uomini di pace e uomini di guerra. Il mio avvicinarmi alla letteratura contemporanea del mondo arabo nasce dalla mia convinzione che la pace si fondi sulla conoscenza, sull'incontro, sullo sforzo di comprendere l'altro ma soprattutto dall'integrazione, cio猫 la disponibilit脿 di lasciarsi cambiare dall'altro. "Nel blu tra il cielo ed il mare" mi ha fatto rendere conto di quanto in realt脿 io fossi indietro da questo punto di vista, e per questo sono grato a Susan Abulhawa. Per貌, leggendo questo libro ho avuto la definita sensazione che Susan Abulhawa sia, per certi versi, l'alter ego di Oriana Fallaci, e che nella suddivisione suddetta, la dovrei mettere tra le donne di guerra.
E questo non glielo perdono. Tre stelle.
L' autrice ha sicuramente tratto la forza dalla dura e travagliata esperienza della sua famiglia (travolta dal conflitto israelo-palestinese) per darci uno spaccato della vita all'interno di Gaza e dei territori occupati: un popolo indurito dalle sofferenze ma anche appassionato, vitale, quasi poetico nel suo modo di vedere il mondo; legato con ferocia alle proprie identit脿 ed alle proprie tradizioni che di fatto sono l'unica garanzia contro l'annientamento culturale che sembra essere imposto con la forza dalla schiacciante pressione della vicina Israele, che passa da una vittoria all'altra.
Se si vuole capire almeno in parte il popolo palestinese bisogna leggere pagine come queste, pure mentre affrontavo i primi capitoli, la lettura mi aveva infastidito. Perch猫 le sofferenze subite da questa gente quasi mai si traducono in una giusta volont脿 di lotta per la libert脿 e la giustizia ma, condita da orgoglio e spirito di rivalsa sicuramente molto forti, si trasformavano in ansia di vendetta. Quasi ho pensato che non si piangesse il sopruso ma la sconfitta; che non si desiderasse prima la giustizia e poi la pace ma prima di tutto la posizione di privilegio e di dominazione. Questo, unito ad un senso strisciante di superiorit脿 e di disprezzo nei confronti degli occidentali, le cui debolezze vengono esaltate e generalizzate in modo abbastanza goffo e pregiudiziale, stava per farmi interrompere la lettura. Come si permette questa gente che guarda con compiacimento al marito che prende a schiaffoni la moglie se non si comporta bene, che ancora avanza per matrimoni combinati, di dare lezioni di civilt脿 a me? Detto che 猫 abbastanza naturale che avvenga questo (quasi mai le rivoluzioni avvengono per la giustizia, ma segretamente per sostituire la classe dirigente nella posizione di comando), in un secondo momento ho pensato che questo ragionamento non fosse corretto. La realt脿 猫 che se si compiono passi per andare incontro all'altro da s猫, 猫 quasi normale aspettarsi una diversit脿 che scandalizza, che potrebbe quasi offendere: altrimenti che altro sarebbe? Non avevo nessun diritto di sentirmi giudicato n猫 di giudicare, soprattutto considerato che si parla di un popolo esacerbato da decenni di oppressioni. Pu貌 sembrare banale ma resta un passo importante da tener sempre presente, soprattutto quando si vive bersagliati da messaggi di segno opposto.
Dal punto di vista storico-culturale la lettura 猫 importantissima. "Nel blu tra il cielo ed il mare" ancor pi霉 di "Ogni mattina a Jenin" ci d脿 un'idea chiara di un popolo, del suo modo di vivere e di pensare, della sua idea di casa, ma anche e soprattutto di che cosa significhi il dramma dell'esilio e dell'emigrazione (si possono immaginare argomenti pi霉 attuali, visti i tempi)? Le pagine dell'emigrazione di Mamduh negli Stati Uniti che porter脿 alla crescita forzata della piccola Nur in un paese straniero da un lato descrivono molto bene il senso di straniamento ed il dolore dello strappo, dall'altra prestono il fianco a critiche secondo me oggettive.
La visione che Susan Abulhawa d脿 dell'americano medio (per bocca dei protagonisti, ma parrebbe che lo pensi anche lei) 猫 quello di un vizioso immorale, nel peggiore dei casi un maniaco pervertito. Leggendo questa parte appare al lettore quasi normale che la madre americana di Nur (nata da un matrimonio misto) sia poco pi霉 che una sgualdrina mentre il padre musulmano virtuosissimo, cos矛 come appare pi霉 che giustificato che alla morte del padre si faccia di tutto per strappare il figlio alla madre (la quale nel frattempo si 猫 risposata con un uomo che -ovviamente- 猫 un pedofilo) e riportarlo in Palestina. Al di l脿 che leggendo romanzi mi ha sempre dato fastidio che si concentrino troppe deviazioni tutte insieme, perch猫 non 猫 credibile (ho recensito severamente Maurizio de Giovanni riguardo a questo, per esempio), chi parla della fatica di un matrimonio misto deve mostrare anche il pianto delle madri che hanno sposato ed avuto figli da mariti arabi e se li sono visti portare via, ad esempio. Se poi penso che la madre in questione 猫 spagnola (l'autrice la definisce Castigliana - perch猫 non abbia voluto dare alla Spagna la dignit脿 di nazione non si capisce), la scena diventa ancor meno credibile, perch猫 il popolo spagnolo 猫 in assoluto tra i pi霉 legati al valore della famiglia specialmente nelle sue fasce pi霉 conservatrici, alle quali il personaggio in questiomne sembra appartenere.
Non sto dicendo che una nichilistica mancanza di valori che spesso porta al vizio non sia presente negli USA, e ci sono opere di letteratura americana che ce la mostrano molto bene - ma qui si sta parlando d'altro, ed infatti siccome spazio e risorse sono pochi, il tutto si riduce a poco pi霉 che al ribadire un pregiudizio ed una generalizzazione abbastanza inaccettabili.
Se si vuole leggere del declino dei valori negli Stati Uniti Francis Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck, Kent Haruf, Philip Roth e molti altri lo hanno fatto meglio, in modo ancor pi霉 incisivo se possibile, a ragion veduta, e senza pregiudizi e generalizzazioni.
Sono invece bellissime ed intrise di struggente solitudine le pagine che ci descrivono il peregrinare di Nur da casa di accoglienza a casa di accoglienza, da affido ad affido, uno pi霉 problematico dell'altro. Sono temi importanti e problematici, su cui il libro fa riflettere.
Punto molto importante da cogliere MAI, in tutto il libro, il confronto tra palestinesi ed ebrei, tra palestinesi ed americani, si svolge sul piano religioso. Il cristianesimo compare una sola volta in questa storia, e quando lo fa, lo fa per dirsene bene. Il palestinese di religione cristiana Abu Michele vive tra la sua gente rispettato da tutti e senza che nessuno pensi minimamente di toccargli un capello per questo, e sar脿 la repressione israeliana ad abbatterlo senza motivo. Sarebbe bene che le persone se lo ricordassero, quando Trump o Salvini invitano alla crociata per la difesa del creocifisso o altre amenit脿 del genere.
E' un bel libro che mi ha fatto conoscere meglio il popolo palestinese e la sua storia, incluse alcune figure molto belle del suo immaginario fantastico come il Djinn, un personaggio mitologico che avevo gi脿 incontrato ma solo di sfuggita. E' un libro che strappa il velo sui crimini e le mostruosit脿 commesse da Israele nel corso del suo conflitto col popolo palestinese. Ma 猫 anche un libro intriso di un senso di superiorit脿 del mondo arabo nei confronti del suo altro, un senso di superiorit脿 che non viene giustificato in alcun modo dalla lettura: se 猫 umano e naturale in una nazione che ha sofferto molto come quella palestinese (quanta simpatia mi ispira Umm Mamduh, anche quando dice che "per fortuna Nur non 猫 pi霉 americana"!), l'autrice lo fa suo con troppa facilit脿, dimenticando la sua responsabilit脿 di scrittrice.
In questi anni sempre di pi霉 mi sforzo di dividere le persone non per razza o nazione o cultura, ma tra uomini di pace e uomini di guerra. Il mio avvicinarmi alla letteratura contemporanea del mondo arabo nasce dalla mia convinzione che la pace si fondi sulla conoscenza, sull'incontro, sullo sforzo di comprendere l'altro ma soprattutto dall'integrazione, cio猫 la disponibilit脿 di lasciarsi cambiare dall'altro. "Nel blu tra il cielo ed il mare" mi ha fatto rendere conto di quanto in realt脿 io fossi indietro da questo punto di vista, e per questo sono grato a Susan Abulhawa. Per貌, leggendo questo libro ho avuto la definita sensazione che Susan Abulhawa sia, per certi versi, l'alter ego di Oriana Fallaci, e che nella suddivisione suddetta, la dovrei mettere tra le donne di guerra.
E questo non glielo perdono. Tre stelle.
June 19, 2017
by tells the story of the Baraka family from the Palestinian village of Beit Daras. The story spans four generations, focusing on the plight of the women.
When the family is forced out of their ancestral home by the Israeli military, they make the trek to Gaza. Some are killed along the way; some sustain life-long injuries; others survive physically intact but emotionally devastated by the loss of their home and way of life. They settle in a refugee camp, cobbling bits and pieces of their lives to make a new home. At the center of it all is Hajje Nazmiyeh, the matriarch. She is the glue that holds the family together.
With vivid detail, Abulhawa describes the harsh reality of living under Israeli occupation and the challenges of survival during the Gaza blockade that made of the area a virtual prison. Forced to navigate Israeli checkpoints, food shortages, intermittent electricity and water supplies, unemployment, harassment by the Israeli military, daily humiliations, displacement, incarceration of loved ones, etc., the Baraka family confronts the challenges with a determination and resilience. The family is able to eke out a living, survive, and even laugh and love through pain and tears. The strength of their family bond is unshakeable.
The novel addresses the loneliness and displacement of the Palestinian diaspora through the figure of Hajje Nazmiyeh鈥檚 brother, Mamdouh, who emigrates to the United States with his wife, Yasmine. Mamdouh never feels fully at home in America. He is wounded by the alienation of his son who rejects his cultural heritage. After his son鈥檚 death in an accident, Mamdouh takes custody of his young granddaughter, Nur. His plans to take her to Gaza are thwarted by his sudden death. Nur is thrust into a downward spiral. Molested by her mother鈥檚 boyfriend, she is shuttled from one foster home to another until she reaches adulthood. Eventually she reunites with her family in Gaza where she finds herself wrapped in their cocoon of unconditional love and acceptance.
Abulhawa weaves actual historical events in the novel: the forced expulsion of Palestinians from their villages, the death of the peace activist Rachel Corrie at the hands of an Israeli soldier, the Gaza blockade, and the prisoner exchange. The novel鈥檚 strength lies in its depiction of the resilience and fierce determination of Palestinians to survive. The women, especially Nazmiyeh, are credited with holding the family together. Through her cooking, Nazmiyeh nourishes the bodies of her husband and children; through her unconditional love and devotion, she nourishes their spirits, restoring dignity and respect to a people living in a hostile climate whose intent is to strip them of both.
There is an element of magical realism threaded throughout the novel with the presence of a djinn with special powers; a sister who predicts the future while alive and guides the living after her death; and a young man who navigates across different time zones, communicating with the living and the dead.
Abulhawa covers a lot of ground in this novel, so much so that it suffers from a lack of cohesion. The incidents pile on, one after the other with little time to digest them; the characters are insufficiently developed; the situations seem contrived; the coincidence of Nur finding her family in a sprawling refugee camp in Gaza is far-fetched. The work reads more like the biography of a family than a literary novel. It lacks subtlety and nuance and is transparent in its use of events and characters as a platform to promote a political agenda.
Although it is regrettable her treatment of this important subject was not as effective as it could have been, nevertheless Abulhawa is to be credited for shining a light on the plight of the Palestinian people. We see the world through their eyes; experience with them their forced eviction from their homeland; witness their losses, pain, and suffering; and empathize with their longing to return to their homes.
Recommended with reservations.
When the family is forced out of their ancestral home by the Israeli military, they make the trek to Gaza. Some are killed along the way; some sustain life-long injuries; others survive physically intact but emotionally devastated by the loss of their home and way of life. They settle in a refugee camp, cobbling bits and pieces of their lives to make a new home. At the center of it all is Hajje Nazmiyeh, the matriarch. She is the glue that holds the family together.
With vivid detail, Abulhawa describes the harsh reality of living under Israeli occupation and the challenges of survival during the Gaza blockade that made of the area a virtual prison. Forced to navigate Israeli checkpoints, food shortages, intermittent electricity and water supplies, unemployment, harassment by the Israeli military, daily humiliations, displacement, incarceration of loved ones, etc., the Baraka family confronts the challenges with a determination and resilience. The family is able to eke out a living, survive, and even laugh and love through pain and tears. The strength of their family bond is unshakeable.
The novel addresses the loneliness and displacement of the Palestinian diaspora through the figure of Hajje Nazmiyeh鈥檚 brother, Mamdouh, who emigrates to the United States with his wife, Yasmine. Mamdouh never feels fully at home in America. He is wounded by the alienation of his son who rejects his cultural heritage. After his son鈥檚 death in an accident, Mamdouh takes custody of his young granddaughter, Nur. His plans to take her to Gaza are thwarted by his sudden death. Nur is thrust into a downward spiral. Molested by her mother鈥檚 boyfriend, she is shuttled from one foster home to another until she reaches adulthood. Eventually she reunites with her family in Gaza where she finds herself wrapped in their cocoon of unconditional love and acceptance.
Abulhawa weaves actual historical events in the novel: the forced expulsion of Palestinians from their villages, the death of the peace activist Rachel Corrie at the hands of an Israeli soldier, the Gaza blockade, and the prisoner exchange. The novel鈥檚 strength lies in its depiction of the resilience and fierce determination of Palestinians to survive. The women, especially Nazmiyeh, are credited with holding the family together. Through her cooking, Nazmiyeh nourishes the bodies of her husband and children; through her unconditional love and devotion, she nourishes their spirits, restoring dignity and respect to a people living in a hostile climate whose intent is to strip them of both.
There is an element of magical realism threaded throughout the novel with the presence of a djinn with special powers; a sister who predicts the future while alive and guides the living after her death; and a young man who navigates across different time zones, communicating with the living and the dead.
Abulhawa covers a lot of ground in this novel, so much so that it suffers from a lack of cohesion. The incidents pile on, one after the other with little time to digest them; the characters are insufficiently developed; the situations seem contrived; the coincidence of Nur finding her family in a sprawling refugee camp in Gaza is far-fetched. The work reads more like the biography of a family than a literary novel. It lacks subtlety and nuance and is transparent in its use of events and characters as a platform to promote a political agenda.
Although it is regrettable her treatment of this important subject was not as effective as it could have been, nevertheless Abulhawa is to be credited for shining a light on the plight of the Palestinian people. We see the world through their eyes; experience with them their forced eviction from their homeland; witness their losses, pain, and suffering; and empathize with their longing to return to their homes.
Recommended with reservations.
August 5, 2015
A thinly veiled political rant disguised as fiction. Every single Palestinian female is painted in the most noble light, while Abulhawa veers into Goebbels-level stereotypes against Jews (besides one soldier who gives a stick of gum to a child) Even more purple prose abounds, at one point, going into all caps lock.
And the ending? Marry a second cousin? Sure, that's feminist.
Seriously, read an action fiction writer like Yasmine Khadra who is just as critical of Israel but actually has nuance.
And the ending? Marry a second cousin? Sure, that's feminist.
Seriously, read an action fiction writer like Yasmine Khadra who is just as critical of Israel but actually has nuance.
June 30, 2017
[5/5] No words could possibly convey how much I loved this book . Susan Abulhawa has done a remarkable job at writing this phenomenal and breathtaking novel
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- 丕賱賱睾丞 丕賱賱賮馗賷丞: 賮氐丨賶 - 毓丕賲賷丞
- 丕賱賱睾丞 丕賱爻乇丿賷丞: 噩賲賷賱丞 噩丿賸丕 賵賲卮賵賯丞 噩丿賸丕 噩丿賸丕 噩丿賸丕.
- 丕賱鬲爻賱爻賱 賵鬲乇丕亘胤 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇: 賰丕賳鬲 乇丕卅毓丞貙 丕賱鬲乇丕亘胤 亘賷賳 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 賰丕賳 乇卮賷賯賸丕 賵賲賲鬲毓賸丕.
- 丕賱丨亘賰丞 賵丕賱禺丕鬲賲丞: 賲賳 兀賵賱 氐賮丨丞 鬲卮丿 丕賱賯丕乇卅 賱賱賯乇丕亍丞 賵賲鬲丕亘毓丞 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬貙 丨亘賰丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 鬲賳賯賱賴丕 亘賷賳 丕賱賲丕囟賷 賵丕賱丨丕囟乇 賵丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱貙 兀亘丿毓鬲 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 賮賷賴丕貙 廿賱丕 兀賳 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賱賮賱爻胤賷賳 賱賲 鬲兀鬲賽 亘毓丿.
- 賳賵毓 丕賱廿囟丕賮丕鬲 丕賱毓賱賲賷丞 賵丕賱賲毓乇賮賷丞:
1- 賮賷 賰賱 賯乇丕亍丞 毓賳 賮賱爻胤賷賳 兀賰鬲卮賮 亘兀賳 丕賱丨丿賷孬 毓賳賴丕 賷胤賵賱 賵賷胤賵賱貙 賵亘兀賳 丨賰丕賷丕鬲賴丕 賱賲 賵賱賳 鬲賳鬲賴賷.
2- 毓卮鬲購 鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 兀睾賲囟鬲 毓賷賳賷賾 賵鬲禺賷賱鬲 丕賱賲賳夭賱 亘睾乇賮賴 賵賳丕爻賴貙 乇爻賲鬲購 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 (爻鬲賷 賳馗賲賷丞貙 賲賲丿賵丨貙 賲乇賷賲貙 兀賱賵丕賳貙 禺丕賱丿貙 賳賵乇) 賵賰賱 卮禺氐賷丞 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞.
3- 賵丨卮賷丞 丕賱廿爻乇丕卅賱賷賷賳 兀孬賳丕亍 丕賱賯氐賮貙 賱賲 賷賰賵賳賵丕 亘卮乇賸丕貙 亘賱 賵丨賵卮賸丕 毓賱賶 賴賷卅丞 亘卮乇貙 賳賴亘 賵爻賱亘貙 賯鬲賱貙 丕毓鬲丿丕亍 賵丕睾鬲氐丕亘 - 賵賴賵 兀賰孬乇 賲丕 丌賱賲賳賷- 丿賲丕乇 賵賴丿賲貙 賵賰賱 賲丕 賱丕 賷禺胤乇 毓賱賶 丕賱亘丕賱 賲賳 賵丨卮賷丞.
4- 鬲毓乇賮鬲購 毓賱賶 賰賷賮賷丞 亘賳丕亍 丕賱兀賳賮丕賯貙 賵賲丕 賴賷 丕賱兀賳賮丕賯貙 賵賰賷賮 賷鬲賲 毓賳 胤乇賷賯賴丕 鬲賴乇賷亘 賰賱 卮賷亍貙 賰賱 卮賷亍貙 亘毓丿 兀賳 賱賲 賷賰賳 賴賳丕賰 卮賷亍.
5- 亘賰賷鬲購 賵亘賰賷鬲購 賱兀丨丿丕孬 2008貙 丨賷孬 賰丕賳 兀賵賱 賯氐賮 毓賳賷賮 毓賱賶 睾夭丞貙 賷丕 丕賱賱賴貙 賮丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 賱丕 賷賲賰賳賴丕 賵氐賮 賲丕 丨丿孬 丌賳匕丕賰.
6- 鬲毓賱賲鬲購 賲賳 賴匕丕 丕賱卮毓亘 丕賱賲賳丕囟賱 賯賷賲丞 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍貙 賰賱 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍貙 賲孬賱賸丕: 丕賱賲丕亍貙 丨賷孬 廿賳賻賾 丕賱賲丕亍 丕賱賲爻鬲禺丿賲貙 賷鬲賲 丕爻鬲禺丿丕賲賴 兀賷囟賸丕 賱兀睾乇丕囟 兀禺乇賶 兀賵 賱丕爻鬲禺丿丕賲丕鬲 毓丿賷丿丞貙 賮賱丕 賷賲賰賳賴賲 廿賴丿丕乇 丕賱賲丕亍貙 賮丕賱賲丕亍 丕賱匕賷 賷爻鬲丨賲賵賳 亘賴貙 賷爻鬲禺丿賲賵賳賴 賲乇丞賸 兀禺乇賶 賱丕丨鬲賷丕噩丕鬲 兀禺乇賶. {賵噩毓賱賳丕 賲賳 丕賱賲丕亍 賰賱 卮賷亍 丨賷}
6- 氐丿賷賯鬲賷 - 睾夭丕賵賷丞 - 鬲賯賵賱: 亘兀賳 丕賱賲禺賷賲丕鬲 賴賷 兀氐賱 丕賱孬賵乇丞貙 賳毓賲 乇兀賷鬲賴丕 賰匕賱賰貙 丕賱賲禺賷賲丕鬲 賵丕賱賱噩賵亍 賱賴丕貙 兀賲乇 賲亘賰賷貙 乇兀賷鬲購 賰賷賮 鬲丨賵賱鬲 賴匕賴 丕賱賲禺賷賲丕鬲 廿賱賶 亘賷賵鬲 賲鬲賱丕氐賯丞 亘亘毓囟賴丕 丕賱亘毓囟貙 賵丕賱鬲丨丕賲 丕賱噩賷乇丕賳 賲毓 亘毓囟賴賲貙 賵賰兀賳賴賲 賮賷 亘賷鬲 賵丕丨丿貙 賵毓丕卅賱丞 賵丕丨丿丞.
7- 兀孬亘鬲鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賰賷賮 兀賳 兀乇賵丕丨 丕賱賳丕爻 - 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賷賳 - 毓賳丿 丕賱廿爻乇丕卅賷賱賷賷賳 乇禺賷氐丞貙 賵乇賵丨 賵丕丨丿丞 賮賯胤 賱廿賷 廿爻乇丕卅賷賱賷 睾丕賱賷丞貙 丨賷孬 鬲賲 鬲亘丕丿賱 1000 兀爻賷乇 賮賱爻胤賷賳賷貙 賲賯丕亘賱 噩賳丿賷 廿爻乇丕卅賷賱賷 賵丕丨丿 賮賯胤貙 賵賰兀賳 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丨 睾丕賱賷丞 賵兀乇賵丕丨 丕賱丌禺乇賷賳 賱丕 卮賷亍.
8- 丕賱賴噩乇丞 賵丕賱睾乇亘丞 賵丕賱亘毓丿 毓賳 鬲乇丕亘 丕賱賵胤賳貙 賰賲 賴賵 賲丐賱賲貙 賵賲丐賱賲 亘卮丿丞貙 廿賳 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱兀乇囟 賲丨鬲賱丞貙 賮丕賱賴噩乇丞 賴賷 丕賱賲賱丕匕 丕賱賵丨賷丿貙 賴賷 丕賱賲兀賲賳 睾賷乇 丕賱丌賲賳貙 睾乇亘丞 賲賲鬲丿丞 廿賱賶 兀賳 賷噩毓賱 丕賱賱賴 賱賴賲 賮乇噩賸丕. 賵賱賰賳 鬲馗賱 丕賱兀乇囟 賮賷 賯賱賵亘賴賲貙 賵鬲乇丕亘賴丕 賲賳 毓噩賷賳 胤賷賳鬲賴賲.
9- 乇兀賷鬲購 丕賱賮乇丨 賵丕賱丨夭賳 賮賷 毓賷賵賳 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賷 丕賱賲賴丕噩乇貙 賮乇丨 賱兀賳賴 賳噩丕 亘賳賮爻賴 賲賳 賵丨卮賷丞 賴丐賱丕亍貙 賵丨夭賳 賲禺賷賮 賲賳 賳爻賷丕賳賴 賵兀賵賱丕丿賴 賵兀丨賮丕丿賴 賱賮賱爻胤賷賳 賵鬲乇丕亘賴丕.
10- 賯賵丞 賵賰亘乇賷丕亍 賵毓馗賲丞 丕賱兀賲 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賷丞貙 賵鬲賰亘丿賴丕 毓賳丕亍 乇丨賱丞 鬲賲鬲丿 賱爻丕毓丕鬲 賵爻丕毓丕鬲貙 賮賯胤 賲賳 兀噩賱 夭賷丕乇丞 廿亘賳賴丕 丕賱兀爻賷乇 賮賷 丕賱爻噩賵賳 丕賱廿爻乇丕卅賷賱賷丞貙 丨賷孬 賱丕 賷爻賲丨賵賳 賱睾賷乇 丕賱兀賲 賵丕賱兀亘 亘夭賷丕乇鬲賴貙 賳丕賴賷賰 毓賳 丕賱廿匕賱丕賱 丕賱匕賷 賷鬲毓乇囟 賱賴 兀賴丕賱賷 丕賱兀爻乇賶貙 賲亘賰賷貙 賲亘賰賷 噩丿賸丕.
11- 廿賳毓丿丕賲 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 賱丿賶 丕賱廿爻乇丕卅賷賱賷賷賳貙 賮賱丕 賷賵噩丿 毓賱丕噩 亘爻賷胤 賱賱賲乇囟賶貙 賵賱丕 鬲賵噩丿 兀噩賴夭丞 胤亘賷丞貙 氐毓賵亘丞 亘丕賱睾丞 賮賷 鬲賱賯賷 丕賱賲乇賷囟 賱賱毓賱丕噩 兀賵 丕賱賮丨氐 兀賵 賲爻丕毓丿鬲賴 毓賱賶 丕賱卮賮丕亍貙 兀賵 丨鬲賶 賳賯賱賴 賱賱禺丕乇噩貙 賲毓賳賶 匕賱賰貙 亘兀賳 兀乇賵丕丨 丕賱賳丕爻 亘賲賳鬲賴賶 丕賱乇禺氐 賱丿賷賴賲貙 賵丕賱賲賵鬲 賯丿 賷賰賵賳 兀乇丨賲 賱賴賲 賮賷 馗賱 賴匕賴 丕賱馗乇賵賮 丕賱氐毓亘丞.
12- 賵賷亘賯賶 丕賱丨丿賷孬 毓賳 賮賱爻胤賷賳 賵兀乇囟賴丕 丕賱賲丨鬲賱丞 賲賲鬲丿賸丕貙 廿賱賶 兀賳 鬲爻鬲賷賯馗 丕賱卮毓賵亘 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞 賲賳 爻亘丕鬲賴丕貙 廿賱賶 賲鬲賶責 賵丨丿賴 丕賱賱賴 賷毓賱賲.
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賰賱賲丞 賲賳賷 賰賭 賯丕乇卅丞:
馃摑 兀賵賱賸丕: 賱賱賰丕鬲亘: 兀亘丿毓鬲 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 賮賷 爻乇丿 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 賵兀賱賲賾鬲 亘丕賱丨丿賷孬 毓賳 賮賱爻胤賷賳 賲賳匕 亘丿丕賷丞 丕賱賳賰亘丞 廿賱賶 丕賱兀賱賮賷丞貙 乇賵丕賷丞 賲丐孬乇丞 賵毓賲賷賯丞貙 賲卮丨賵賳丞 亘丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賵丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲貙 亘兀爻賱賵亘 亘爻賷胤 賵乇丕卅毓 賵賲卮賵賯 噩丿賸丕貙 賱賱賲乇丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 兀賯乇兀 賱賱賰丕鬲亘丞 #爻賵夭丕賳_兀亘賵_丕賱賴賵賶貙 賱鬲賰賵賳 囟賲賳 丕賱賰鬲賾丕亘 丕賱賲賮囟賱賷賳 賱丿賷.
馃摑 孬丕賳賷賸丕: 賱賱賯丕乇卅: 兀賳氐丨賰 毓夭賷夭賷 丕賱賯丕乇卅 亘賯乇丕亍丞 兀毓賲丕賱 #爻賵夭丕賳_兀亘賵_丕賱賴賵賶貙 廿賳 賰賳鬲 鬲乇賷丿 兀賳 鬲賯乇兀 毓賳 賮賱爻胤賷賳 賲賳 丕賱丿丕禺賱貙 亘賷賵鬲賴丕 賵卮毓亘賴丕貙 爻鬲賯乇兀 賴賳丕 毓賳 丕賱賴噩乇丞 賵丕賱賳噩丕丞 賵丕賱丨亘 賵丕賱賮賯丿丕賳貙 爻鬲賰賵賳 賯乇賷亘賸丕 噩丿賸丕 賲賳 丕賱卮毓亘 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賷.
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馃挕賯丕賱 丕賱廿賲丕賲 丕賱噩賵丕丿 (毓賱賷賴 丕賱爻賱丕賲): "賰購賮賿乇購 丕賱賳賽毓賲賻丞賽 丿丕毓賷賻丞購 丕賱賲賻賯賿鬲賽貙 賵賲賻賳賻 噩丕夭丕賰 亘丕賱卮購賰乇 賮賯丿 丕毓胤丕賰 兀賰孬乇 賲賲賻賾丕 兀禺匕 賲賳賰".
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- 賳賵毓 丕賱賰鬲丕亘: 乇賵丕賷丞
- 丕賱賱睾丞 丕賱賱賮馗賷丞: 賮氐丨賶 - 毓丕賲賷丞
- 丕賱賱睾丞 丕賱爻乇丿賷丞: 噩賲賷賱丞 噩丿賸丕 賵賲卮賵賯丞 噩丿賸丕 噩丿賸丕 噩丿賸丕.
- 丕賱鬲爻賱爻賱 賵鬲乇丕亘胤 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇: 賰丕賳鬲 乇丕卅毓丞貙 丕賱鬲乇丕亘胤 亘賷賳 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 賰丕賳 乇卮賷賯賸丕 賵賲賲鬲毓賸丕.
- 丕賱丨亘賰丞 賵丕賱禺丕鬲賲丞: 賲賳 兀賵賱 氐賮丨丞 鬲卮丿 丕賱賯丕乇卅 賱賱賯乇丕亍丞 賵賲鬲丕亘毓丞 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬貙 丨亘賰丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 鬲賳賯賱賴丕 亘賷賳 丕賱賲丕囟賷 賵丕賱丨丕囟乇 賵丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱貙 兀亘丿毓鬲 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 賮賷賴丕貙 廿賱丕 兀賳 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賱賮賱爻胤賷賳 賱賲 鬲兀鬲賽 亘毓丿.
- 賳賵毓 丕賱廿囟丕賮丕鬲 丕賱毓賱賲賷丞 賵丕賱賲毓乇賮賷丞:
1- 賮賷 賰賱 賯乇丕亍丞 毓賳 賮賱爻胤賷賳 兀賰鬲卮賮 亘兀賳 丕賱丨丿賷孬 毓賳賴丕 賷胤賵賱 賵賷胤賵賱貙 賵亘兀賳 丨賰丕賷丕鬲賴丕 賱賲 賵賱賳 鬲賳鬲賴賷.
2- 毓卮鬲購 鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 兀睾賲囟鬲 毓賷賳賷賾 賵鬲禺賷賱鬲 丕賱賲賳夭賱 亘睾乇賮賴 賵賳丕爻賴貙 乇爻賲鬲購 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 (爻鬲賷 賳馗賲賷丞貙 賲賲丿賵丨貙 賲乇賷賲貙 兀賱賵丕賳貙 禺丕賱丿貙 賳賵乇) 賵賰賱 卮禺氐賷丞 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞.
3- 賵丨卮賷丞 丕賱廿爻乇丕卅賱賷賷賳 兀孬賳丕亍 丕賱賯氐賮貙 賱賲 賷賰賵賳賵丕 亘卮乇賸丕貙 亘賱 賵丨賵卮賸丕 毓賱賶 賴賷卅丞 亘卮乇貙 賳賴亘 賵爻賱亘貙 賯鬲賱貙 丕毓鬲丿丕亍 賵丕睾鬲氐丕亘 - 賵賴賵 兀賰孬乇 賲丕 丌賱賲賳賷- 丿賲丕乇 賵賴丿賲貙 賵賰賱 賲丕 賱丕 賷禺胤乇 毓賱賶 丕賱亘丕賱 賲賳 賵丨卮賷丞.
4- 鬲毓乇賮鬲購 毓賱賶 賰賷賮賷丞 亘賳丕亍 丕賱兀賳賮丕賯貙 賵賲丕 賴賷 丕賱兀賳賮丕賯貙 賵賰賷賮 賷鬲賲 毓賳 胤乇賷賯賴丕 鬲賴乇賷亘 賰賱 卮賷亍貙 賰賱 卮賷亍貙 亘毓丿 兀賳 賱賲 賷賰賳 賴賳丕賰 卮賷亍.
5- 亘賰賷鬲購 賵亘賰賷鬲購 賱兀丨丿丕孬 2008貙 丨賷孬 賰丕賳 兀賵賱 賯氐賮 毓賳賷賮 毓賱賶 睾夭丞貙 賷丕 丕賱賱賴貙 賮丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 賱丕 賷賲賰賳賴丕 賵氐賮 賲丕 丨丿孬 丌賳匕丕賰.
6- 鬲毓賱賲鬲購 賲賳 賴匕丕 丕賱卮毓亘 丕賱賲賳丕囟賱 賯賷賲丞 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍貙 賰賱 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍貙 賲孬賱賸丕: 丕賱賲丕亍貙 丨賷孬 廿賳賻賾 丕賱賲丕亍 丕賱賲爻鬲禺丿賲貙 賷鬲賲 丕爻鬲禺丿丕賲賴 兀賷囟賸丕 賱兀睾乇丕囟 兀禺乇賶 兀賵 賱丕爻鬲禺丿丕賲丕鬲 毓丿賷丿丞貙 賮賱丕 賷賲賰賳賴賲 廿賴丿丕乇 丕賱賲丕亍貙 賮丕賱賲丕亍 丕賱匕賷 賷爻鬲丨賲賵賳 亘賴貙 賷爻鬲禺丿賲賵賳賴 賲乇丞賸 兀禺乇賶 賱丕丨鬲賷丕噩丕鬲 兀禺乇賶. {賵噩毓賱賳丕 賲賳 丕賱賲丕亍 賰賱 卮賷亍 丨賷}
6- 氐丿賷賯鬲賷 - 睾夭丕賵賷丞 - 鬲賯賵賱: 亘兀賳 丕賱賲禺賷賲丕鬲 賴賷 兀氐賱 丕賱孬賵乇丞貙 賳毓賲 乇兀賷鬲賴丕 賰匕賱賰貙 丕賱賲禺賷賲丕鬲 賵丕賱賱噩賵亍 賱賴丕貙 兀賲乇 賲亘賰賷貙 乇兀賷鬲購 賰賷賮 鬲丨賵賱鬲 賴匕賴 丕賱賲禺賷賲丕鬲 廿賱賶 亘賷賵鬲 賲鬲賱丕氐賯丞 亘亘毓囟賴丕 丕賱亘毓囟貙 賵丕賱鬲丨丕賲 丕賱噩賷乇丕賳 賲毓 亘毓囟賴賲貙 賵賰兀賳賴賲 賮賷 亘賷鬲 賵丕丨丿貙 賵毓丕卅賱丞 賵丕丨丿丞.
7- 兀孬亘鬲鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賰賷賮 兀賳 兀乇賵丕丨 丕賱賳丕爻 - 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賷賳 - 毓賳丿 丕賱廿爻乇丕卅賷賱賷賷賳 乇禺賷氐丞貙 賵乇賵丨 賵丕丨丿丞 賮賯胤 賱廿賷 廿爻乇丕卅賷賱賷 睾丕賱賷丞貙 丨賷孬 鬲賲 鬲亘丕丿賱 1000 兀爻賷乇 賮賱爻胤賷賳賷貙 賲賯丕亘賱 噩賳丿賷 廿爻乇丕卅賷賱賷 賵丕丨丿 賮賯胤貙 賵賰兀賳 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丨 睾丕賱賷丞 賵兀乇賵丕丨 丕賱丌禺乇賷賳 賱丕 卮賷亍.
8- 丕賱賴噩乇丞 賵丕賱睾乇亘丞 賵丕賱亘毓丿 毓賳 鬲乇丕亘 丕賱賵胤賳貙 賰賲 賴賵 賲丐賱賲貙 賵賲丐賱賲 亘卮丿丞貙 廿賳 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱兀乇囟 賲丨鬲賱丞貙 賮丕賱賴噩乇丞 賴賷 丕賱賲賱丕匕 丕賱賵丨賷丿貙 賴賷 丕賱賲兀賲賳 睾賷乇 丕賱丌賲賳貙 睾乇亘丞 賲賲鬲丿丞 廿賱賶 兀賳 賷噩毓賱 丕賱賱賴 賱賴賲 賮乇噩賸丕. 賵賱賰賳 鬲馗賱 丕賱兀乇囟 賮賷 賯賱賵亘賴賲貙 賵鬲乇丕亘賴丕 賲賳 毓噩賷賳 胤賷賳鬲賴賲.
9- 乇兀賷鬲購 丕賱賮乇丨 賵丕賱丨夭賳 賮賷 毓賷賵賳 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賷 丕賱賲賴丕噩乇貙 賮乇丨 賱兀賳賴 賳噩丕 亘賳賮爻賴 賲賳 賵丨卮賷丞 賴丐賱丕亍貙 賵丨夭賳 賲禺賷賮 賲賳 賳爻賷丕賳賴 賵兀賵賱丕丿賴 賵兀丨賮丕丿賴 賱賮賱爻胤賷賳 賵鬲乇丕亘賴丕.
10- 賯賵丞 賵賰亘乇賷丕亍 賵毓馗賲丞 丕賱兀賲 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賷丞貙 賵鬲賰亘丿賴丕 毓賳丕亍 乇丨賱丞 鬲賲鬲丿 賱爻丕毓丕鬲 賵爻丕毓丕鬲貙 賮賯胤 賲賳 兀噩賱 夭賷丕乇丞 廿亘賳賴丕 丕賱兀爻賷乇 賮賷 丕賱爻噩賵賳 丕賱廿爻乇丕卅賷賱賷丞貙 丨賷孬 賱丕 賷爻賲丨賵賳 賱睾賷乇 丕賱兀賲 賵丕賱兀亘 亘夭賷丕乇鬲賴貙 賳丕賴賷賰 毓賳 丕賱廿匕賱丕賱 丕賱匕賷 賷鬲毓乇囟 賱賴 兀賴丕賱賷 丕賱兀爻乇賶貙 賲亘賰賷貙 賲亘賰賷 噩丿賸丕.
11- 廿賳毓丿丕賲 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 賱丿賶 丕賱廿爻乇丕卅賷賱賷賷賳貙 賮賱丕 賷賵噩丿 毓賱丕噩 亘爻賷胤 賱賱賲乇囟賶貙 賵賱丕 鬲賵噩丿 兀噩賴夭丞 胤亘賷丞貙 氐毓賵亘丞 亘丕賱睾丞 賮賷 鬲賱賯賷 丕賱賲乇賷囟 賱賱毓賱丕噩 兀賵 丕賱賮丨氐 兀賵 賲爻丕毓丿鬲賴 毓賱賶 丕賱卮賮丕亍貙 兀賵 丨鬲賶 賳賯賱賴 賱賱禺丕乇噩貙 賲毓賳賶 匕賱賰貙 亘兀賳 兀乇賵丕丨 丕賱賳丕爻 亘賲賳鬲賴賶 丕賱乇禺氐 賱丿賷賴賲貙 賵丕賱賲賵鬲 賯丿 賷賰賵賳 兀乇丨賲 賱賴賲 賮賷 馗賱 賴匕賴 丕賱馗乇賵賮 丕賱氐毓亘丞.
12- 賵賷亘賯賶 丕賱丨丿賷孬 毓賳 賮賱爻胤賷賳 賵兀乇囟賴丕 丕賱賲丨鬲賱丞 賲賲鬲丿賸丕貙 廿賱賶 兀賳 鬲爻鬲賷賯馗 丕賱卮毓賵亘 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞 賲賳 爻亘丕鬲賴丕貙 廿賱賶 賲鬲賶責 賵丨丿賴 丕賱賱賴 賷毓賱賲.
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賰賱賲丞 賲賳賷 賰賭 賯丕乇卅丞:
馃摑 兀賵賱賸丕: 賱賱賰丕鬲亘: 兀亘丿毓鬲 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 賮賷 爻乇丿 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 賵兀賱賲賾鬲 亘丕賱丨丿賷孬 毓賳 賮賱爻胤賷賳 賲賳匕 亘丿丕賷丞 丕賱賳賰亘丞 廿賱賶 丕賱兀賱賮賷丞貙 乇賵丕賷丞 賲丐孬乇丞 賵毓賲賷賯丞貙 賲卮丨賵賳丞 亘丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賵丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲貙 亘兀爻賱賵亘 亘爻賷胤 賵乇丕卅毓 賵賲卮賵賯 噩丿賸丕貙 賱賱賲乇丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 兀賯乇兀 賱賱賰丕鬲亘丞 #爻賵夭丕賳_兀亘賵_丕賱賴賵賶貙 賱鬲賰賵賳 囟賲賳 丕賱賰鬲賾丕亘 丕賱賲賮囟賱賷賳 賱丿賷.
馃摑 孬丕賳賷賸丕: 賱賱賯丕乇卅: 兀賳氐丨賰 毓夭賷夭賷 丕賱賯丕乇卅 亘賯乇丕亍丞 兀毓賲丕賱 #爻賵夭丕賳_兀亘賵_丕賱賴賵賶貙 廿賳 賰賳鬲 鬲乇賷丿 兀賳 鬲賯乇兀 毓賳 賮賱爻胤賷賳 賲賳 丕賱丿丕禺賱貙 亘賷賵鬲賴丕 賵卮毓亘賴丕貙 爻鬲賯乇兀 賴賳丕 毓賳 丕賱賴噩乇丞 賵丕賱賳噩丕丞 賵丕賱丨亘 賵丕賱賮賯丿丕賳貙 爻鬲賰賵賳 賯乇賷亘賸丕 噩丿賸丕 賲賳 丕賱卮毓亘 丕賱賮賱爻胤賷賳賷.
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馃挕賯丕賱 丕賱廿賲丕賲 丕賱噩賵丕丿 (毓賱賷賴 丕賱爻賱丕賲): "賰購賮賿乇購 丕賱賳賽毓賲賻丞賽 丿丕毓賷賻丞購 丕賱賲賻賯賿鬲賽貙 賵賲賻賳賻 噩丕夭丕賰 亘丕賱卮購賰乇 賮賯丿 丕毓胤丕賰 兀賰孬乇 賲賲賻賾丕 兀禺匕 賲賳賰".
鬲毓賱賾賲鬲賿 賳噩丕丞: 兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 乇丕囟賷丞 丿丕卅賲賸丕 亘賲丕 賯爻賲 丕賱賱賴 鬲毓丕賱賶 賱賴丕貙 賮賴賵 亘丕賱賲賯丕乇賳丞 賲毓 睾賷乇賴丕 賳毓賲丞賹 賷鬲賲賳丕賴丕 賰孬賷乇賵賳貙 賵亘丕賱卮賰乇 鬲丿賵賲 丕賱賳賽毓賲. 兀賲賾丕 廿匕丕 兀毓胤鬲 賳噩丕丞 卮賷卅賸丕 賱兀丨丿 賵卮賰乇賴丕貙 賮卮賰乇賴 兀毓馗賲 賲賳 毓胤丕卅賴丕貙 賮賱賳 鬲爻鬲毓馗賲 毓胤丕亍賸 鬲毓胤賷賴 賲賴賲丕 亘賱睾..
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June 18, 2017
Although I have on my kindle ready to read, it was this book - Abulhawa's second novel - that I read first. Abulhawa writes with a distinct style, and I'll be interested to see if this is also the case in Mornings or if it is peculiar to this novel.
This book opens with families leaving their ancient farms for Gaza as their homes are invaded. Those who are sensitive to reading about sexual assault should be aware there is a distressing rape scene, as well as other violence committed. This opening section of the book - say, the first 70 pages or so - I struggled with a little. Not necessarily due to content, though that was difficult to read as it is for any book including such events, but rather I felt the authorial tone was too didactic for my taste. I'm not sure why that bugged me so much, perhaps because I felt a little like I was being lectured to rather than being presented with a story that would engage me and lead me to think for myself. I think many (most?) of us like to be able to form our own conclusions rather than having them forced on us?
Where the book gained strength for me was in the contemporary sections set in Gaza. Abulhawa shows us the lives of people living in Gaza: the conditions they live under and the way they try to ensure they have their needs met (the tunnels). In addition, there are glimpses into aid workers assisting in Gaza. Life in the world's largest open air prison is challenging; from air raids, to calorific restrictions, limited medical supplies, and a thousand other privations that comes with living in a war zone. The didacticism I struggled with in the first section resolved in the contemporary sections - perhaps because we followed the lives of characters, rather than of a an event.
This book is unabashedly pro-Palestine, but I have no issue with that. The voices of Palestine have been silenced, and this book tries to give a voice again; to show what is happening in Gaza.
This book opens with families leaving their ancient farms for Gaza as their homes are invaded. Those who are sensitive to reading about sexual assault should be aware there is a distressing rape scene, as well as other violence committed. This opening section of the book - say, the first 70 pages or so - I struggled with a little. Not necessarily due to content, though that was difficult to read as it is for any book including such events, but rather I felt the authorial tone was too didactic for my taste. I'm not sure why that bugged me so much, perhaps because I felt a little like I was being lectured to rather than being presented with a story that would engage me and lead me to think for myself. I think many (most?) of us like to be able to form our own conclusions rather than having them forced on us?
Where the book gained strength for me was in the contemporary sections set in Gaza. Abulhawa shows us the lives of people living in Gaza: the conditions they live under and the way they try to ensure they have their needs met (the tunnels). In addition, there are glimpses into aid workers assisting in Gaza. Life in the world's largest open air prison is challenging; from air raids, to calorific restrictions, limited medical supplies, and a thousand other privations that comes with living in a war zone. The didacticism I struggled with in the first section resolved in the contemporary sections - perhaps because we followed the lives of characters, rather than of a an event.
This book is unabashedly pro-Palestine, but I have no issue with that. The voices of Palestine have been silenced, and this book tries to give a voice again; to show what is happening in Gaza.
June 25, 2015
This was amazing and heartbreaking all at the same time.
To read about such horrific events that are not fictional.
To read about a family going through so much negative events, but to stay together, to keep helping people and to just keep their heads up.
It was so amazing.
I cried like a baby several times, not going to lie :p
This book is really an eye opener to the culture of these refugees and an insight into their lives.
I love that every character in this has their own strength, and that they use it to build a life. To help other people and to just keep on going.
To read about such horrific events that are not fictional.
To read about a family going through so much negative events, but to stay together, to keep helping people and to just keep their heads up.
It was so amazing.
I cried like a baby several times, not going to lie :p
This book is really an eye opener to the culture of these refugees and an insight into their lives.
I love that every character in this has their own strength, and that they use it to build a life. To help other people and to just keep on going.
December 28, 2015
I am woefully ignorant about this part of the world in any time period -- most of our history is made up of European and American conflict. This book painted a beautiful and painful picture of family and tradition and history of one family stretched so thin and it was a wonder they didn't break.
I have also not cried so much while reading a book in a very long time.
I have also not cried so much while reading a book in a very long time.
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