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Of Noble Origins
Sahar Khalifeh
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Description for Of Noble Origins
Paperback. Translator(s): Bamia, Aida. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 516.
The Qahtan are a Palestinian family that claims to have originated in the Arabian Peninsula, descended from the family of the Prophet Muhammad. This connection has given its members a certain ascendancy in their society, and has influenced their cultural and political choices. The true test occurs when the Qahtanis, like other Palestinians, confront two enemies after the First World War: the British Mandate and the Zionist movement. Observing the gradual and increasing illegal Jewish immigration and land appropriation, the Palestinians come to realize they have been betrayed by a power that fulfilled their promises to the ... Read more
The Qahtan are a Palestinian family that claims to have originated in the Arabian Peninsula, descended from the family of the Prophet Muhammad. This connection has given its members a certain ascendancy in their society, and has influenced their cultural and political choices. The true test occurs when the Qahtanis, like other Palestinians, confront two enemies after the First World War: the British Mandate and the Zionist movement. Observing the gradual and increasing illegal Jewish immigration and land appropriation, the Palestinians come to realize they have been betrayed by a power that fulfilled their promises to the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774165429
SKU
V9789774165429
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About Sahar Khalifeh
Sahar Khalifeh was born in Nablus in 1941 and is the author of eight novels. She holds a Ph.D. in women's studies and American literature from the University of Iowa. She divides her time between Amman and Nablus. She is the author of The Inheritance (AUC Press, 2005), and The Image, the Icon, and the Covenant (AUC Press, 2007). ... Read more
Reviews for Of Noble Origins
The book is unique in that Kahlifeh brings together an unusually diverse cast of characters. Generally, books set at the eve of Israel's creation are told either with Israeli or British characters, or with Palestinian and British ones, but in Khalifeh's book Palestinian Christians and Muslims, Jewish immigrants, and British colonial leaders are all treated with equal sympathy. The British ... Read more