Language Arabic
English Media type print Originally published 1997 Publisher Bloomsbury | Published in English 16 May 2005 ISBN 978-0-74-757470-5 Published in english 16 May 2005 | |
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Awards Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature Similar Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature winners, Other books | ||
a narrative of a return written by a palestinian poet i saw ramallah
I Saw Ramallah is an Arabic language autobiographical book written by Palestinian writer and poet Mourid Barghouti. This book was first published on 16 May 2005 by Bloomsbury. Ahdaf Soueif translated the book to English
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Synopsis
In 1966 Mourid Barghouti went to Cairo, Egypt for higher studies. In 1967, after the Six-Day War,when he came back to Palestine after completing his studies, he was barred to enter the country. Like many others he started living abroad. Thirty years later, after continuous struggle, he was allowed to enter Ramallah, his own hometown, where he was born and grown up.
Reviews
Edward Said told, the book was "one of the finest existential accounts of Palestinian displacement that we now have". The Guardian review said that the novel "is an intensely lyrical account of the poet's return to his hometown".