{"product_id":"a-long-walk-from-gaza-paperback","title":"A Long Walk from Gaza - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAsmaa Alatawna\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCaline Nasrallah\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eMichelle Hartman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe violence of life in Gaza which has taken on immense proportions for the whole world to see is intimately rendered here in a human story of resistance and resilience. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the tradition of Palestinian women writers, Asmaa\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eAlatawna a has gifted us a novel that is both personal and political, that exposes both the occupation and the patriarchy.\u003ci\u003e A Long Walk from Gaza\u003c\/i\u003e is a coming-of-age story that follows its teenage protagonist through her battles with a strict and abusive father, the exhilaration of her first crush, confrontations with occupation soldiers, and the heartbreak of leaving her home Gaza for a new life in Europe. Beginning in Europe and working backward to her own birth and early childhood, \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eAlatawna's creative narration mirrors the traumas of her life and her people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Long Walk from Gaza \u003c\/i\u003enot only exposes the harshness of both male authority and the stifling of the dreams of girls in parallel with the devastating conditions Palestinians endure under a brutal Israeli occupation, but also the challenges of fleeing these for a cold, alienating life in Europe. \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eAlatawna lays these bare within a story that also showcases moments of humor, joy, and the human capacity to survive and thrive at all costs. She skillfully weaves together the challenges of growing up in occupied Palestine while exposing the many intersections of violence, patriarchy, and growing up in a society that offers girls little to no compassion. Her teenage protagonist's feminist point of view is fresh and honest, powerfully conveying the heartbreaking truths of her life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt heart, \u003ci\u003eA Long Walk from Gaza\u003c\/i\u003e is a tale of freedom. Each of the characters is psychically wounded by their circumstances and each resists in their own way. Gaza comes to life in \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eAlatawna's novel, showing a rich and diverse society--its flaws along with its beauty, showing us worlds, which are being destroyed and some of which no longer exist today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Gaza in 1978, Asmaa Alatawna is a Palestinian Bedouin from the desert of Al Naqb, and a French citizen and resident of Toulouse since 2001. A graduate of English literature from the University of Al Azhar, she then obtained her masters in geopolitics from Sciences Po. While in Gaza, Asmaa worked at the Spanish press agency EFE. Today, she is a member of the Institute for Experimental Arts La Petite board in the cinema domain. Alatawna is known for her involvement in art and gender issues. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaline Nasrallah\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary translator, editor, and researcher with a focus on language as a feminist tool. She has co-translated two novels, \u003ci\u003eA Long Walk from Gaza\u003c\/i\u003e being her third. Her editing and translation work spans fiction and non-fiction. She endeavors to put language at the service of liberation in each of her projects. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichelle Hartman\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of Arabic Literature at McGill University and literary translator of fiction, based in Montreal. She has written extensively on women's writing and the politics of language use and translation and literary solidarities. She is the translator of several works from Arabic, including Radwa Ashour's memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Journey\u003c\/i\u003e, Iman Humaydan's novels \u003ci\u003eWild Mulberries\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOther Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, Jana Elhassan's IPAF shortlisted novels \u003ci\u003eThe Ninety-Ninth Floor\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAll the Women Inside Me\u003c\/i\u003e as well as Alexandra Chreiteh's novels \u003ci\u003eAlways Coca Cola\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAli and His Russian Mother\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 186\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 7.87 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750594117920,"sku":"9781623716851","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cc5a5fb8933d912c4640ccd316fc11c2.webp?v=1779954164","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-long-walk-from-gaza-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}