PS3537.T54A28

Contents Synopsis 2 Outline 12 Prelude: Jenin, 2002 23 I. Nakbe (the catastrophe) 1 The Harvest 26 2 Ari Perlstein 31 3 The No-Good Bedouin Girl 35 4 As They Left 43 5 "Ibni! Ibni!" 55 6 Yehya's Return 59 7 Amal Is Born 69 II. el Naksa (war and occupation) 8 As Big as the Ocean and All its Fishes 72 9 June in the Kitchen Hole 78 10 Forty Days Later 92 III. Zaman ya Zamaan (how time loops and twists) Various Times 11 David and Me 106 12 A Secret, Like a Butterfly 112 13 Moshe's Beautiful Demon 116 14 Yousef, the Man 117 15 The Brothers Meet Again 123 16 Just Beyond the First Row of Trees 129 17 Yousef Leaves 138 18 Yousef, the Fighter 143 19 David's Gift 144 20 My Brother, David 150 21 Heroes 153 22 Tapered Endings 156 23 Leaving Jenin 168 24 The Orphanage 177 IV. El Ghurba (state of being a stranger) 1970s 25 America 196 26 The Telephone Call 206 V. Albi fi Beirut (my heart in Lebanon) 27 Majid 211 28 The Letter 224 29 "Yes" 229 30 Love 231 31 A Story of Forever 234 32 Philadelphia, Again 241 33 A Story of Forever, Forever Untold 247 34 Pity the Nation 251 35 Helpless 257 36 The Month of Flowers 260 37 Yousef, the Avenger 267 38 A Woman of Walls 269 39 Here, There, and Yon 274 VI. Baladi (my country) 40 Dr. Ari Perlstein 282 41 Hold Me, Jenin 292 VII. Niyaha o Bidaya (an end and a beginning) 42 For the Love of Daughters 308 43 Pieces of God. 314 44 Yousef, the Cost of Palestine 317 Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Palestinian Arabs -- Fiction. Jenin (West Bank : Refugee camp) -- Fiction. Palestine -- History -- Partition, 1947 -- Fiction. Arab-Israeli conflict -- Fiction. Palestine -- Politics and government -- 1948- -- Fiction. Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1945- -- Fiction. Historical fiction. gsafd.