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A review by carolinecronj
I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti
Mourid Barghouti is a poet - and it shows, in the most beautiful way.
As he crosses the bridge to the West Bank, walks the streets of Ramallah, and revisits his childhood home in Deir Ghassanah, he takes us far beyond these places and this time in his life. We learn about his childhood, his exile spent in many places including Hungary, Egypt and Jordan (among other places), his family life, and the many people he has lost.
He asks what it means to return to something that has changed during one's absence, sometimes beyond recognition. What it means to raise a child in perpetual displacement, and how resistance can take the form of words and poems.
This memoir is beautiful, tender, heart-breaking and full of wisdom.
As he crosses the bridge to the West Bank, walks the streets of Ramallah, and revisits his childhood home in Deir Ghassanah, he takes us far beyond these places and this time in his life. We learn about his childhood, his exile spent in many places including Hungary, Egypt and Jordan (among other places), his family life, and the many people he has lost.
He asks what it means to return to something that has changed during one's absence, sometimes beyond recognition. What it means to raise a child in perpetual displacement, and how resistance can take the form of words and poems.
This memoir is beautiful, tender, heart-breaking and full of wisdom.