About the Book
Politics enters the lives of every family in Palestine. In this literary- historical tour de force, Suad Amiry traces the lives of individual members of some Palestinian families and, through them, the histories of both Palestine and the emigre Palestinian community in other countries of the Middle East.
Amiry mixes nostalgia with anger while mocking Israeli doublespeak that seeks to wipe out any trace of a Palestinian past in West Jerusalem. She juxtaposes serial bombardments and personal tragedies; evokes
the sights and smells of Palestinian architecture and food; and weaves for us the tapestry that is the Palestinian reality, caught between official histories and private memories. Through poetry and prose, monologue and dialogue, we glimpse the lost Palestinian landscape, obscured by the silent battle between remembering and forgetting.
About the Author
SUAD AMIRY is an architect, and Founder-Director of RIWAQ: the Centre for Architectural Conservation in Ramallah. Amiry won Italy's prestigious Viareggio- Versilia Prize in 2004, and her first book, Sharon and My Mother-in-Law was long-listed for the Lettre Ulysses award for Reportage. She is the author of Menopausal Palestine: Women at the Edge (2010) and Nothing to Lose but Your Lift (2011).
Contents
Part One : Suad: Remembering and Forgetting
1
They Missed Mama's Cooking
3
Part Two : Andoni: A Master Builder's Passion
2
The Smile
23
Museum oITolerance and Co-existence
46
Part Three : Huda
4
Golda Slept Here
63
5
Whose House is This?
80
6
Mother and Child
91
7
Husband and Wife (1958)
94
8
Jealousy was only to be Expected Zjune 1967
96
9
Photo Albums / June 7, 1967
101
10
The Visit Three Weeks after the 1967 War
109
11
A Dream House
117
12
The Prisorr/july 2011
122
13
The Iraqi Officer
134
Part Four : Elie: A Bird's-eye View
14
A Businessman from Tel Aviv
141
Part Five : Homage to My Mother-in-law
1911-2005
15
That Very Moment
151
Never-ending Chapter
168
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