The book of Ramallah / edited by Maya Abu Al-Hayat.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Arabic Series: Reading the City seriesPublisher: Manchester : Comma Press, 2021Description: xvi, 94 pages ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1912697424
- 9781912697427 (pbk.)
- 892.7301 ABU 23 020610
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Unlike most other Palestinian cities, Ramallah is a relatively new town, a de facto capital of the West Bank allowed to thrive after the Oslo Peace Accords, but just as quickly hemmed in and suffocated by the Occupation as the Accords have failed. Perched along the top of a mountainous ridge, it plays host to many contradictions: traditional Palestinian architecture jostling against aspirational developments and cultural initiatives, a thriving nightlife in one district, with much more conservative, religious attitudes in the next. Most striking however—as these stories show—is the quiet dignity, resilience, and humour of its people; citizens who take their lives into their hands every time they travel from one place to the next, who continue to live through countless sieges, and yet still find the time, and resourcefulness, to create.
Translated from the Arabic.
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