Mornings in Jenin
New York : Bloomsbury, 2010
Format: Book
Description: xiii, 331 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 22 cm
Palestine, 1941. In the small village of Ein Hod, a father leads a procession of his family and workers through the olive groves. As they move through the trees, the green fruits drop onto the orchard floor; the ancient cycle of the seasons providing another bountiful harvest. 1948. The Abulheja family are forcibly removed from their ancestral home in Ein Hod and sent to live in a refugee camp in Jenin. Through Amal, the bright granddaughter of the patriarch, we witness the stories of her brothers: one, a stolen boy who becomes an Israeli soldier; the other who in sacrificing everything for the Palestinian cause will become his enemy. Amal's own dramatic story threads its way through six decades of Palestinian-Israeli tension, eventually taking her into exile in Pennsylvania in America. Amal's is a story of love and loss, of childhood, marriage and parenthood, and finally the need to share her history with her daughter, to preserve the greatest love she has. -- Jacket.
Contents:
El nakba (the catastrophe). The harvest ; Ari Perlstein ; The no-good Bedouin girl ; As they left ; "Ibni! Ibni!" ; Yehya's return ; Amal is born -- El naksa (the disaster). As big as the ocean and all its fishes ; June in the kitchen hole ; Forty days later -- The scar of David. A secret, like a butterfly ; Yousef, the son ; Moshe's beautiful demon ; Yousef, the man ; Yousef, the prisoner ; The brothers meet again ; Yousef, the fighter ; Beyond the first row of trees ; Yousef leaves ; Heroes ; Tapered endings ; Leaving Jenin ; The orphanage -- El ghurba (state of being a stranger). America ; The telephone call from Yousef -- Albi fi Beirut (my heart in Beirut). Majid ; The letter ; "Yes" ; Love ; A story of forever ; Philadelphia, again ; A story of forever, forever untold ; Pity the nation ; Helpless ; The month of flowers ; Yousef, the avenger -- Elly bayna (what there is between us). A woman of walls ; Here, there, and yon ; The telephone call from David ; David and me ; David's gift ; My brother, David -- Baladi (my country). Dr. Ari Perlstein ; Hold me, Jenin -- Nihaya o bidaya (an end and a beginning). For the love of daughters ; Pieces of God ; Yousef, the cost of Palestine -- Author's note.
Subjects:
Palestinian Arabs -- Fiction.
Arab-Israeli conflict -- Fiction.
Refugees, Palestinian Arab -- Fiction.
Jenin -- Fiction.
Palestine -- History -- Partition, 1947 -- Fiction.
Palestine -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1945- -- Fiction.
Palestinian Arabs -- Fiction.
Arab-Israeli conflict -- Fiction.
Refugees, Palestinian Arab -- Fiction.
Jenin -- Fiction.
Palestine -- History -- Partition, 1947 -- Fiction.
Palestine -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1945- -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781608190461
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Previously published in 2006 under title: The scar of David.
Includes bibliographical references (page 331).
Includes bibliographical references (page 331).