Overview
Includes twenty-five black-and-white illustrations by Palestinian artists.
The Arabic word sumÅ«d is often loosely translated as āsteadfastnessā or āstanding fast.ā It is, above all, a Palestinian cultural value of everyday perseverance in the face of Israeli occupation. SumÅ«d is both a personal and collective commitment; people determine their own lives, despite the environment of constant oppressions imposed upon them.Ā
This anthologyĀ spans the 20th and 21st centuriesĀ of Palestinian cultural history, and highlights writing from 2021ā2024.Ā The collection of writing and art features work from forty-six contributors including:
- Dispatches from Hossam Madhoun,Ā co-founder of Gaza's Theatre for Everybody, as he survivesĀ the post-OctoberĀ 2023 war on Gaza;
- Novelist Ahmed Masoud with āApplication 39,ā a sci-fi short story about a Dystopian bid for the Olympics;
- Sara Roy and Ivar Ekeland with āThe New Politics of Exclusion: Gaza as Prologue,ā an analysis of Israelās divide and conquer policies of fragmentation;
- Historian Ilan PappĆ© with a review of Tahrir Hamdiās book, Imagining Palestine, in which he unpacks the relationship between culture and resistance;
- Essayist Lina Mounzer with āPalestine and the Unspeakable,ā an offering on the language used to dehumanize Palestinians;
- And poetry by the next generation of poets who have inherited the mantle of the late Mahmoud Darwish (1941ā2008).
The essays, stories, poetry, art and personal narrative collected in SumÅ«d: A New Palestinian Reader is a rich riposte to those who would denigrate Palestiniansā aspirations for a homeland. It also serves as a timely reminder of cultureās power and importance during occupation and war.
This book title, Sumud (A New Palestinian Reader), ISBN: 9781644214459, by Malu Halasa, Jordan Elgrably, published by Seven Stories Press (October 8, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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