Written by the refugees themselves, this highly original anthology
of Palestinians forced to live outside their homeland brings
together stories of what it means to be exiled, reflections on the
events that led to being displaced, and the raw experience of daily
life in a camp. The 11 lives given voice here are unique, each an
expression of the myriad displacements that war and occupation have
forced upon Palestinians since the Nakba of 1948. At the same time,
they form a collective testament of a people driven from their
homes and land by colonial occupation. Each story is singular; and
each tells the story of all Palestinians. As Edward Said argued in
1984, the object of Israel's colonial warfare is not only
material-seeking to minimise Palestinian existence as such-but is
also a narrative project that aims to obliterate Palestinian
history "as possessed of a coherent narrative direction pointed
towards self-determination." In these pages, Palestinian refugees
narrate their own histories. The product of a creative-writing
workshop organized by the Institute for Palestine Studies in
Lebanon, 11 Lives tells of children's adventures in the alleyways
of refugee camps, of teenage martyrs and ghosts next-door, of an
UNRWA teacher's dismay at the shallowness of her colleagues, and of
the love, labour, and land that form the threads of a red keffiyeh.
What unites these 11 stories is "the inadmissible existence of the
Palestinian people" highlighted by Said. Their words persist, as
one contributor writes, "between the Nakba and the Naksa,
throughout defeats and massacres, love affairs and revolutions."
The stories of Palestinians in exile are also open-ended, and will
continue to reverberate across borders until Palestine is free.
With contributions by: Nadia Fahed, Intisar Hajaj, Yafa Talal
El-Masri, Youssef Naanaa, Ruba Rahme, Hanin Mohammad Rashid, Mira
Sidawi, Wedad Taha, Salem Yassin, Taha Younis, Mahmoud Mohammad
Zeidan Co-published with the Institute of Palestine Studies.
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