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As a child in pre-First-World-War Palestine, Jabra recalls daily life in Bethlehem and Jerusalem with pin-sharp observation and a vivid use of language. His writing is funny, moving and tender. His Christian family, his school friends and the eccentric characters of the surrounding streets all come to life, and Jabra's love of the Arabic language comes through, even in translation: 'Words glowed in my mind,' he writes. 'They glittered like gold and sparkled like jewels. I imagined myself walking on coloured silk carpets spread over the waves of a wondrous sea of dreams.'
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Jabra Ibrahim Jabra was a Palestinian author from a Christian family, born in Bethlehem during the British mandate. He was educated in Jerusalem and at Cambridge, and was a poet, novelist and translator. Mohammad Shaheen has been a professor of English literature at the University of Jordan since 1985. He is the author of many books, including 'E.M. Forster and the Politics of Imperialism', and has translated the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish into English.
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- PublisherHesperus Press Ltd
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1843913712
- ISBN 13 9781843913719
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages120
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