{"product_id":"sumud-a-new-palestinian-reader-paperback","title":"Sumud: A New Palestinian Reader - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMalu Halasa\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJordan Elgrably\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn anthology that celebrates the power of culture in Palestinian resistance, with selections of memoir, short stories, essays, book reviews, personal narrative, poetry, and art. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncludes twenty-five black-and-white illustrations by Palestinian artists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Arabic word \u003ci\u003esumūd\u003c\/i\u003e is often loosely translated as \"steadfastness\" or \"standing fast.\" It is, above all, a Palestinian cultural value of everyday perseverance in the face of Israeli occupation. \u003ci\u003eSumūd\u003c\/i\u003e is both a personal and collective commitment; people determine their own lives, despite the environment of constant oppressions imposed upon them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis anthology spans the 20th and 21st centuries of Palestinian cultural history, and highlights writing from 2021-2024. The collection of writing and art features work from forty-six contributors including: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDispatches from Hossam Madhoun, co-founder of Gaza's Theatre for Everybody, as he survives the post-October 2023 war on Gaza;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNovelist Ahmed Masoud with \"Application 39,\" a sci-fi short story about a Dystopian bid for the Olympics;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSara Roy and Ivar Ekeland with \"The New Politics of Exclusion: Gaza as Prologue,\" an analysis of Israel's divide and conquer policies of fragmentation;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorian Ilan Pappé with a review of Tahrir Hamdi's book, \u003ci\u003eImagining Palestine\u003c\/i\u003e, in which he\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eunpacks the relationship between culture and resistance;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEssayist Lina Mounzer with \"Palestine and the Unspeakable,\" an offering on the language used to dehumanize Palestinians;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd poetry by the next generation of poets who have inherited the mantle of the late Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays, stories, poetry, art and personal narrative collected in \u003ci\u003eSumūd: A New Palestinian Reader\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich riposte to those who would denigrate Palestinians' aspirations for a homeland. It also serves as a timely reminder of culture's power and importance during occupation and war.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMALU HALASA\u003c\/b\u003e, Literary Editor at The Markaz Review, is a Jordanian Filipina American writer and editor. Her latest edited anthology is \u003ci\u003eWoman Life Freedom: Voices and Art From the Women's Protests in Iran\u003c\/i\u003e (Saqi Books, 2023). Previous co-edited anthologies include: \u003ci\u003eSyria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline\u003c\/i\u003e (Saqi Books, 2014); \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie: Intimacy and Design\u003c\/i\u003e (Chronicle Books, 2008); \u003ci\u003eKaveh Golestan: Recording the Truth in Iran\u003c\/i\u003e (Hatje Cantz, 2005); and the short series: \u003ci\u003eTransit Beirut: New Writing and Images, with Rosanne Khalaf\u003c\/i\u003e (Saqi Books, 2004), and \u003ci\u003eTransit Tehran: Young Iran and Its Inspirations, with Maziar Bahari, \u003c\/i\u003e (Garnet Press, 2008). She was managing editor of the Prince Claus Fund Library, in Amsterdam; Editor at Large for \u003ci\u003ePortal 9\u003c\/i\u003e, in Beirut, and a founding editor of \u003ci\u003eTank Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, in London. She has written for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian, Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eMother of All Pigs\u003c\/i\u003e (Unnamed Press, 2017), was described as: \"a microcosmic portrait of ... a patriarchal order in slow-motion decline\" by the New York Times. Her writing, edited anthologies, and exhibitions chart a changing Middle East. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJORDAN ELGRABLY\u003c\/b\u003e is an American, French and Moroccan writer and translator whose stories and creative nonfiction have appeared in many anthologies and reviews, including Apul?e, Salmagundi, and The Paris Review. Editor-in-chief and founder of The Markaz Review, he is the cofounder and former director of the Levantine Cultural Center\/The Markaz in Los Angeles (2001-2020). He is the editor of Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction (City Lights, 2024). 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