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Title:
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Cactus Pear for My Beloved |
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Authors:
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Sabawi, Samah |
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Genre:
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Non Fiction |
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Pages:
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316 |
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Year:
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2024 |
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Publisher:
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Penguin Books |
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Language:
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English |
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Description:
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Samah Sabawi shares the story of her parents and many like them who were born as their parents were being forced to leave their homelands.
Filled with love for land, history, peoples it is more than anything else a family story and a love story told with enormous humanity and feeling. How the son (one of six), born at the height of the displacements to a disabled father and illiterate mother, a believer in peaceful resistance, became a leading poet and writer in Palestine, before being forced, with his own young family in tow, to flee and start a new life in Australia.
One of the gifts of Samah Sabawi's Baba is to remain open-hearted and optimistic. Penguin: Taken from book blurb.
Comments from BDS Reviewers:"The story and historical fact were written in a beautiful poetic prose reflecting Abdul's character and abilities".
"This story puts a very human face on the plight of Palestinians. It's largely a true story of the author's Baba (father) with supporting photos which make it more real".
"It gave me a much greater understanding of the culture and history in this part of the world".
"If a book can be a heartwarmng story of despair amidst lashings of hope and acceptance, this is it".
"A beautifully written account of the life in Palestine of so many people, seen through the eyes of her father, an internationally renowned poet".
"This is not a feel good novel. It happened to real people that we come to feel we know".
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Categories:
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Non-fiction, Biography, Culture/Ethnic/Racial, Historical, Human Rights, Relationships, Social commentary/perspectives, Palestine, Just Added, 2027 Titles |
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