Jamal Assadi Boeken

The collection showcases a diverse array of Mohammad Ali Taha's short stories, reflecting various themes, styles, and historical contexts. As a prominent Palestinian writer living in Galilee, Taha's work remains largely unknown in the West. Translator Jamal Assadi's introduction offers insights into Taha's cultural background, enhancing the reader's understanding of the narratives. This volume aims to broaden Taha's recognition and appreciation within the global literary landscape, as envisioned by Edward Said.

Loud Sounds from the Holy Land, the fourth in a series of volumes on Palestinian short fiction writers by Jamal Assadi, covers the works of women writers who manage to unite the contradictions of being Israeli citizens and daughters of the Palestinian people. What truly gives these Israeli-Palestinian women their distinctive flavor is their ability to challenge norms, fight oppression, burst through closed doors, and show their true faces. Readers of this volume will relish the aroma of a different culture, while scholars interested in Arabic literature will have the opportunity to tread new paths for academic assessment and critique.

Exploring themes of identity and displacement, this collection features four Palestinian writers sharing personal narratives that reflect their experiences of estrangement and marginalization. Their stories convey deep emotions and aspirations, aiming to resonate first with their own people and then reach a broader English-speaking audience, highlighting the struggles and hopes of a community shaped by conflict.

The collection features a diverse range of stories from Mustafa Murrar, showcasing over fifty years of Palestinian experiences. Translated by Jamal Assadi, these narratives blend humor, love, and politics, reflecting themes of alienation and aspiration. Murrar's voice offers insights into his culture, inviting readers to explore unique perspectives while providing scholars a fresh opportunity for academic exploration in Arabic literature. This volume serves as both an introduction to Murrar's work and a celebration of Palestinian storytelling.

Exploring the profound connections between Saul Bellow and E. L. Doctorow, this work highlights the shared themes and values that define their literary legacies. Through an analysis of their narratives, it reveals a rich tapestry of honesty, morality, and authenticity, showcasing the significance and purpose behind their writings. The book serves as a deep dive into the intertwined perspectives of these esteemed American authors, illuminating the integrity that shapes their contributions to literature.

Featuring a diverse array of voices, this anthology captures the essence of early 21st-century Arab poetry, highlighting the rich cultural, political, and religious landscapes of the Arab world. The poets express their experiences and insights, portraying themselves as compassionate global citizens. This collection invites readers to explore the vibrant heart and soul of contemporary Arab poetry, revealing a complex and intricate mosaic that transcends geographical and historical boundaries.

"The Adventures of an Old Camel" is a fun allegorical story, which tells the adventures of two animals: a camel and a donkey. The two animals live happily together in the wilderness after being offensively expelled by their owners who disregard the two animals' good record and old age. Dominated by self-pride, carelessness and egoism, the donkey leads the two animals, now in good health, into captivity.

Introductiion -- A Critique. The Palestinian Short Story: Beginning, Commencement, Approaches -- Language and Style -- Content: Themes and Motifs -- Anthology

The Story of a People is the sixth in a series of volumes on Palestinian writers who compel into unity the contradictions of being Israeli citizens as well as sons and daughters of the Palestinian people. This volume contains the works of forty poets, and offers a variety of themes, styles, contexts, imagery, tones, and language. The poets, arranged alphabetically, depict a faithful picture of the various aspects of Arab life among what is called, paradoxically, Israeli-Palestinian societies. They present new arenas where opposing factors harmoniously join to struggle for dignity, freedom, and justice. Readers of this volume will encounter serious poems strewn with light and humorous themes and poems of sensual and spiritual love interwoven with poems of the unusual and political. These Israeli- Palestinian poets' distinctive flavor emerges from their ability to challenge norms, fight oppression, and burst open closed doors to tell their own stories - the stories of their plight, alienation, marginalization, and hopes and dreams - in a new magnified voice, first to their community, then to their people and nation, then to their country, and now to the wider English-speaking public.

With rise of various intellectual streams in Western world in second half of twentieth century, modern Arab poets recognized the need to promote Arabic poem. This title explores tendency of modern Arabic poetry to summon Sufi figures, thinking, philosophy, terms, attitudes and practices.