I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti

I Saw Ramallah

Mourid Barghouti with Ahdaf Soueif (Translator)

208 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

WINNER OF THE NAGUIB MAHFOUZ MEDAL FOR LITERATURE A fierce and moving work and an unparalleled rendering of the human aspects of the Palestinian predicament. Barred from his homeland after 1967's Six-Day War, the poet Mourid Barghouti spent thirt...

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Moods

emotional 75%
reflective 64%
sad 64%
challenging 46%
informative 39%
inspiring 25%
hopeful 17%
adventurous 10%
dark 10%
tense 10%
funny 7%
lighthearted 3%
relaxing 3%

Pace

medium 69%
slow 26%
fast 3%

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4.21

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