{"product_id":"sumud-essays-memoir-fiction-poetry-and-art-from-the-markaz-review","title":"Sumud: Essays, memoir, fiction, poetry and art from The Markaz Review","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-description Section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"expand\" data-lines=\"15\" data-remove-button=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"expand__inner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"expand__inner-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Arabic word sumūd is often loosely translated as “steadfastness” or “standing fast.” It is, above all, a Palestinian cultural value of everyday perseverance in the face of Israeli occupation. Sumūd is both a personal and collective commitment; people determine their own lives, despite the environment of constant oppressions imposed upon them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis anthology spans the 20th and 21st centuries of Palestinian cultural history, and highlights writing from 2021–2024. The collection of writing and art features work from forty-six contributors including:\u003cbr\u003e- Dispatches from Hossam Madhoun, co-founder of Gaza's Theatre for Everybody, as he survives the post-October 2023 war on Gaza;\u003cbr\u003e- Novelist Ahmed Masoud with “Application 39,” a sci-fi short story about a Dystopian bid for the Olympics;\u003cbr\u003e- Sara Roy and Ivar Ekeland with “The New Politics of Exclusion: Gaza as Prologue,” an analysis of Israel’s divide and conquer policies of fragmentation;\u003cbr\u003e- Historian Ilan Pappé with a review of Tahrir Hamdi’s book, Imagining Palestine, in which he unpacks the relationship between culture and resistance;\u003cbr\u003e- Essayist Lina Mounzer with “Palestine and the Unspeakable,” an offering on the language used to dehumanise Palestinians;\u003cbr\u003e- And poetry by the next generation of poets who have inherited the mantle of the late Mahmoud Darwish (1941–2008). \u003cbr\u003eThe essays, stories, poetry, art and personal narrative collected in Sumūd: A New Palestinian Reader is a rich riposte to those who would denigrate Palestinians’ aspirations for a homeland. It also serves as a timely reminder of culture’s power and importance during occupation and war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eFormat: Häftad (Paperback\/Softback) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eSpråk: Engelska\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eAntal sidor: 400\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eUtgivningsdatum: 2025-01-23\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eFörlag: Seven Stories Press UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eISBN: 9781911710127\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sumud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52743538540810,"sku":null,"price":235.0,"currency_code":"SEK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/7469\/6714\/files\/sumudessays.jpg?v=1774850547","url":"https:\/\/sumud.se\/products\/sumud-essays-memoir-fiction-poetry-and-art-from-the-markaz-review","provider":"Sumud","version":"1.0","type":"link"}