Making Mirrors Writing/Righting by Refugees by Becky Thompson, JehanBseiso Paperback, 120 Pages, Published 2019 by Olive Branch Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-62371-978-4, ISBN: 1-62371-978-X
""An anthology of poems by refugees and those affected by the refugee crisis of the Middle East, compiled by a Palestinian poet and aid worker, Jehan Bseiso, and Becky Thompson, a US-based poet who has volunteered in refugee camps in Greece" ..."
"Writers from Alice Walker to Michael Ondaatje to Claire Messud share their thoughts on one of the most vital gatherings of writers and readers in the world.The Palestine Festival of Literature was established in 2008 by authors Ahdaf Soueif, Brigid Keenan, Victoria Brittain and Omar Robert Hamilton. Bringing writers to Palestine from all corners of the globe, it aimed to break the cultural siege imposed by the Israeli military occupatio ..."
"Writers from Alice Walker to Michael Ondaatje to Claire Messud share their thoughts on one of the most vital gatherings of writers and readers in the world.The Palestine Festival of Literature was established in 2008 by authors Ahdaf Soueif, Brigid Keenan, Victoria Brittain and Omar Robert Hamilton. Bringing writers to Palestine from all corners of the globe, it aimed to break the cultural siege imposed by the Israeli military occupatio ..."
"Marking seventy years of displacement and occupation in Palestine, Mizna presents The Palestine Issue, centering the Palestinian struggle for liberation and the rich literature it has spurred, guest edited by playwright and poet Ismail ..."
"... all with professional invitations from prestigious institutions in Europe or the US
which they, like my breakfast hostess, could not take up because Israel refused
them permission to leave Gaza. Life is lived here in an intellectual and
psychological stranglehold. But it is part of the will to survive of Gazans that so
many of them make their voices resonate so far outside. One of these men with a
stream of invitations was Ziad ..."
"PALESTINE. BEGIN? Yasmin. El-Rifae. I'm sitting in my office in New York,
lingering over the draft of an email I need to send to the staff. It explains my
complicated trip through Saudi Arabia and Germany and Egypt, finally to
Palestine for the festival. I feel that I am not straightforward enough for these
colleagues, most of whom are three or four hours away from home, their families
a city or a state away instead of scattered ac ..."