I Saw Ramallah by مريد البرغوثي, Mourid Barghouti

208 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

Winner of the prestigious Naguib Mahfouz Medal, this fierce and moving work is 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 thirty ...

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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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4.23

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