The Earth and the Sky: A Novel
Mar 2027 · American University in Cairo Press
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A stunning historical novel, vast in its scope, of Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon, and all that was lost in the Nakba and its aftermath
Nidal and Rabie were childhood sweethearts, their love blossoming during the resistance and struggle of the 1948 Nakba and then collapsing with the loss of Palestine and the dispersion and exile that followed. Now, after long lives lived far apart on opposite sides of the world, they find themselves living under the same roof, enduring together the Israeli siege imposed on Palestinian life in the West Bank.
The unexpected arrival of Lara, a young cousin Nidal did not know she had, triggers a journey of discovery when Lara declares she wants to locate her father’s – Nidal’s uncle Amin’s—papers. In these papers, the story of Syrian Nationalist leader Antoun Saadeh unfolds, through a trove of letters and memories written by Amin, his beloved Lisa, Rabie, and Saadeh himself.
Nidal and Rabie were childhood sweethearts, their love blossoming during the resistance and struggle of the 1948 Nakba and then collapsing with the loss of Palestine and the dispersion and exile that followed. Now, after long lives lived far apart on opposite sides of the world, they find themselves living under the same roof, enduring together the Israeli siege imposed on Palestinian life in the West Bank.
The unexpected arrival of Lara, a young cousin Nidal did not know she had, triggers a journey of discovery when Lara declares she wants to locate her father’s – Nidal’s uncle Amin’s—papers. In these papers, the story of Syrian Nationalist leader Antoun Saadeh unfolds, through a trove of letters and memories written by Amin, his beloved Lisa, Rabie, and Saadeh himself.
A stunning historical novel, vast in its scope, of Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon, and all that was lost in the Nakba and its aftermath
Nidal and Rabie were childhood sweethearts, their love blossoming during the resistance and struggle of the 1948 Nakba and then collapsing with the loss of Pales...
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Sahar Khalifeh was born in Nablus in 1941 and is the author of eight novels, including Of Noble Origin, The Image, the Icon, and the Covenant, for which she was awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, and most recently, My First and Only Love. She holds a PhD in women’s studies and American literature from the University of Iowa. She divides her time between Amman and Nablus.
Aida Bamia is a literary translator and professor emerita of Arabic language and literature at the University of Florida. She lives between Cairo and Paris.
Sahar Khalifeh was born in Nablus in 1941 and is the author of eight novels, including Of Noble Origin, The Image, the Icon, and the Covenant, for which she was awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, and most recently, My First and Only Love. She holds a PhD in women’s studies and Ameri...
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