Documents the introduction of the author's son, Tamim, to their Palestinian family and Tamim's incarceration in the same Cairo prison his father had occupied, in an account that explains the author's decisions and the pain of exile.</div> <br> Abstract: Documents the introduction of the
I Was Born There, I Was Born Here
✍ Scribed by Barghūthī, Murīd;Bargh̄uth̄i family.;Davies, Humphrey Taman;Bargh̄uth̄i, Mur̄id
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing;Walker & Co
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Documents the introduction of the author's son, Tamim, to their Palestinian family and Tamim's incarceration in the same Cairo prison his father had occupied, in an account that explains the author's decisions and the pain of exile.
✦ Table of Contents
Come closer : foreword / by John Berger --
1. The Driver Mahmoud --
2. Father and Son --
3. The Yasmin Building --
4. I Was Born There, I Was Born Here --
5. The Identity Card --
6. The Ambulance --
7. Saramago --
8. The Alhambra --
9. Things One Would Never Think Of --
10. The Dawn Visitor --
11. An Ending Leading to the Beginning? --
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Glossary.
✦ Subjects
Authors, Exiled--Palestine;Autobiography: general;Biography & Autobiography--General;Authors, Palestinian Arab;Families;Authors, Exiled;Exile (Punishment);Biographies;Fiction;Short stories;Electronic books;Bargh̄uth̄i, Mur̄id -- Family;Bargh̄uth̄i, Mur̄id -- Exile;Bargh̄uth̄i family;Barghūthī, Murīd;Authors, Palestinian Arab -- Biography;Authors, Exiled -- Palestine -- Biography;Middle East -- Palestine;Biography & Autobiography -- General
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