Name: The Eye of the Mirror
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Author: Liana Badr
ISBN: 9781859642016

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Format: Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk: Arabiska
Antal sidor: 266
Utgivningsdatum: 2008-06-01
Upplaga: 2 ed
Förlag: Garnet Publishing
Översättare: Samira Kawar
Originalspråk: Arabic
Dimensioner: 215 x 139 x 17 mm
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ISBN: 9781859642016

Taken from the quiet sanctuary of a convent school, where she works as a maid, Aisha is thrown back into the chaotic world of her parents' home in the Tal Ezza'tar refugee camp when the Lebanese civil war begins. From then on she is caught up in a series of tragedies, including the continuous bombardment of the camp by the Phalangists and the subsequent invasion and massacres within the settlement. Aisha's family and friends are torn apart by events beyond their control and although she finds love and marries, amid such violence the decision to start her own family becomes harder still.Set within one of the most bloody conflicts of modern times, this heart-wrenching story shows how women's experience of war is particularly cruel as they confront the dilemma of bringing a new life into a war-zone. Based on seven years of meticulous research, Liana Badr has created an epic novel around the life of one girl. Its accurate historical setting adds force and poignancy. Turning a simple love story into a complex portrayal of Palestinian history, Liana Badr has triumphantly re-told a nation's history for its women.

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Ahlam Bsharat, Anas Abu Rhama, Liana Badr, Ameer Hamad, Khaled Hourani

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'"Fourishes of grand narrative [and] rich poetic prose" --Times Literary Supplement "Skillful in story-telling and dramatisation . . . excels in capturing death red-handed, and in portraying it with all its drama and irony." --Umar Shabanah, Al-Hayat Newspaper "A record of the Palestinians' collective memory, for which death is lurking in all directions, but which clings to birth and life." --Msa Barhumah, Sawt al-Watan

Palestinian writer Liana Badr has lived in Lebanon, Damascus, Tunis, Amman, and returned to Palestine in 1994. Her works have been translated into a number of languages, and mainly focus on themes of women and war, and exile.