Even My Voice Is Silence: A Palestinian-American Woman's Journey "Back Home"
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Author(s)Soha Al-Jurf
ISBN / ASIN1466345543
ISBN-139781466345546
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank1,993,602
CategoryBiography & Autobiography
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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When Soha Al-Jurf goes in search of her father's Palestinian village, she believes she is embarking on a journey that will help her reconcile the conflicted parts of her identity as a Palestinian-American Muslim woman. Instead, what she had anticipated would be the end of her long journey proves only to be the beginning of an elusive search for her true self, mired in the painful realization of what it means to be a refugee. Through exquisite storytelling and deep personal inquiry, Al-Jurf offers readers a rare and intimate perspective on one woman’s struggle to reconcile her life in the U.S. with the one her parents left behind, instilling in her a longing for a homeland with which her own connection is uncertain. Weaving her unique personal narrative with the heart-rending stories of the people she encounters, this extraordinary account depicts the daily challenges of living in Occupied Palestine, revealed through the unguarded lens of a Palestinian-American woman who endeavors to make sense of her place in it all. Mournful, meditative, and disarmingly honest, this provocative work will resonate with anyone who sympathizes with silenced voices everywhere.
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