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A Mountainous Journey: An Autobiography
Born in 1917 to the wealthy Palestinian Touqan family known for their accomplishments in many fields, Fadwa was restricted to remaining home at age 13. Her education was taken up by her brother who taught her poetry and encouraged her in becoming a distinguished poet. With the fall of Palestine in 1948, Fadwa's world opens up, allowing her to interact with male and female,
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Hardcover
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241 pages
Published
October 18th 2013
by Graywolf Press
(first published August 1990)
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If you wnat to understand the Palestianian conflict, from the perspective of a native of the region, this is the book for you.
It tells Fadwa Tuqan's live story.
Here is a little excerpt (I find fascinating)
Sell your mother and buy a rifle
The Rifle's better than your mother
When it's action dispels your grief
The book ends with 20 pages of her poems that are out of this world good
It tells Fadwa Tuqan's live story.
Here is a little excerpt (I find fascinating)
Sell your mother and buy a rifle
The Rifle's better than your mother
When it's action dispels your grief
The book ends with 20 pages of her poems that are out of this world good
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Fadwa Touqan (Arabic: فدوى طوقان, also transliterated as Fadwa Tuqan, Spanish: Fadwa Tuqan, French: Fadwa Touquan and Fadwa Touqan; 1917 in Nablus – 2003), was well known for her representations of resistance to Israeli occupation in contemporary Arab poetry.
Touqan's poetry is known for her distinctive chronicling of the suffering of her people, the Palestinian, particularly those living under Isr ...more
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Touqan's poetry is known for her distinctive chronicling of the suffering of her people, the Palestinian, particularly those living under Isr ...more
