Podcast: Ep. 43. What Does Memory Have to do with Justice? (Focus: Palestine: A Map of Absence, Ed. By Atef AlShaer)

On this journey, I’m joined by Alia and Safiya as we discuss

  • Reading iconic poems in translation
  • Literature as second-hand experience of traumatic and painful events
  • Memory and connection in Palestinian writing and experience
  • Establishing justice as a fundamental purpose in Palestine and the world

Book in focus: A Map of Absence: An Anthology of Palestinian Writing on the Nakba, ed. by Atef Alshaer (Palestine)

 


Special thanks to Saqi Books for providing a digital copy of this book.


Palestinian book suggestions

  • Velvet (original title: مخمل) by Huzama Habayeb – Maya, @mayaabualhayy
  • Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa – Yazeed, @yazeeds.reads
  • The Woman from Tantoura (original title: الطنطورية) by Radwa Ashour – Yara, @yara_reads
  • Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa (Arabic trans. title: بينما ينام العالم) – Zenah, @mattarx

 

Other episodes mentioned

 

Other books mentioned

  • Victims of a Map: A Bilingual Anthology of Arabic Poetry, ed. by Abdullah Al-Udhari
  • Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
  • Sharon and my Mother-in-Law: Ramallah Diaries by Suad Amiry

Related resources

Title: A Map of Absence: An Anthology of Palestinian Writing on the Nakba
Author: Atef Alshaer,
Published: 2019
Publisher: Saqi Books,

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