Mornings in Jenin |
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| Author:
| Abulhawa, Susan |
| Read by:
| Woodward, Jennifer |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4893-7180-5 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2016 |
| Publisher: | Bolinda Publishing Pty, Limited
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| Book Format: | CD-Audio |
| List Price: | AUD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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Mornings in Jenin is a multigenerational story about a Palestinian family.
Forcibly removed from the olive-farming village of Ein Hod by the newly formed state of Israel in 1948, the Abulhejos are displaced to live in canvas tents in the Jenin refugee camp. We follow the Abulhejo family as they live through a half century of violent history. Amid the loss and fear, hatred and pain, as their tents are replaced by more forebodingly permanent cinderblock huts, there is always the...
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Mornings in Jenin is a multigenerational story about a Palestinian family.
Forcibly removed from the olive-farming village of Ein Hod by the newly formed state of Israel in 1948, the Abulhejos are displaced to live in canvas tents in the Jenin refugee camp. We follow the Abulhejo family as they live through a half century of violent history. Amid the loss and fear, hatred and pain, as their tents are replaced by more forebodingly permanent cinderblock huts, there is always the waiting, waiting to return to a lost home.