First published 2000
Exiled for decades after the Six-Day War, poet Mourid Barghouti finally comes home to Ramallah. But the city of his youth is unrecognizable, its old rhythms disrupted by occupation. As Barghouti navigates the shifting terrain, both physical and emotional, he reckons with the weight of his displacement and the fragile, ever-evolving idea of "home." A poignant, lyrical journey through memory and the scars of conflict.
Genres: african-literature, autobiography, biography-memoir, 21st-century
Vibes: intimate, lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: exile, homecoming
Setting: Ramallah, West Bank
Hardcover · Amer Univ in Cairo Pr