{"title":"Literary Criticism--Middle Eastern","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"ghassan-kanafani-selected-political-writings","title":"Ghassan Kanafani: Selected Political Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"No other author has been as profoundly formative for me as Kanafani\" \u003c\/b\u003eMohammed El-Kurd, poet, writer and journalist, author of \u003ci\u003eRifqa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I cannot think of a better collection to guide anyone seeking \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ea moral role in the struggle for the liberation of Palestine\" \u003c\/b\u003eIlan Pappé, historian and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"As relevant today as he was in the 1960s and 1970s\" \u003c\/b\u003eGhassan Abu Sittah, award-winning surgeon, humanitarian, and educator \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Ghassan Kanafani is perhaps the greatest Palestinian novelist whose books, including \u003ci\u003eMen in the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReturning to Haifa, \u003c\/i\u003e documented the horrors of war and occupation. He was also a leading political thinker, strategist, and revolutionary. Here, his writings on politics, history, national liberation, and the media are collected in English for the first time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Featuring new commentary from leading writers, this collection is a testament to Kanafani's continuing relevance. His work remains a vital touchstone for the revolutionary Palestinian struggle and anti-colonial thought. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGhassan Kanafani \u003c\/b\u003eis one of the most well-known Arab writers and journalists of the past century. Born in Palestine in 1936, Kanafani and his family were forced to flee his homeland during the Nakba - after which he lived and worked in Damascus, Kuwait and finally, from 1960, Beirut. Kanafani was assassinated in 1972 by a car bomb planted by Israeli agents. His writings have inspired generations of Palestinians and those standing in solidarity with their cause. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouis Brehony\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning researcher on political culture, musician, writer and activist. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePalestinian Music in Exile \u003c\/i\u003eand director of the documentary film \u003ci\u003eKofia: A Revolution Through Music\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eTahrir Hamdi\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of Resistance Literature at the Arab Open University, Jordan. She is author of the prizewinning \u003ci\u003eImagining Palestine\u003c\/i\u003e, and assistant editor of \u003ci\u003eArab Studies Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0745349374\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780745349374\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Kanafani, Ghassan, Brehony, Louis, Hamdi, Tahrir\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Oct 2024)","offer_id":45658700710085,"sku":"9780745349374","price":25.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780745349374.jpg?v=1768902532"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/collections\/literary-criticism-middle-eastern.oembed","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}