The Palestinian Wedding

Palestinian Resistance Poetry in the Twentieth Century – A Bilingual Reader

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2026
Saqi Books (Verlag)
9781849251167 (ISBN)

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A century of Palestinian poetry – voices of resistance, love, and longing. This bilingual anthology, edited by A.M. Elmessiri, gathers 21 poets whose words celebrate identity and endurance across themes of revolution, war, elegy and belonging.

Poetry is Palestine’s most cherished art form – a way to voice resistance and preserve cultural memory. This powerful bilingual anthology captures a century of both celebration and struggle.

The twenty-one poets gathered here span a remarkable range: from the lyrical rhetoric of Tawfiq Zayyad to the cosmic imagery of Walid al-Halis; from the romantic cadences of Salma al-Jayyusi to the profound sense of belonging in Mahmoud Darwish. Together, their work embodies the enduring spirit of a people who once all called Palestine home.

Edited and introduced by the literary scholar A.M. Elmessiri, The Palestinian Wedding is arranged around six resonant themes: revolution, war, elegy, belonging, resistance and steadfastness.

A.M. Elmessiri (1938–2008) was an Egyptian scholar, writer and political organiser. Over the course of his lifetime, Elmessiri wrote over fifty books and numerous articles. His major areas of research included Judaism, Zionism, secularism, modernism and comparative literature. ElMessiri had an MA in English and comparative literature from Columbia University and a PhD from Rutgers University. During his illustrious academic career, he was professor at Ain Shams University, King Saud University, Kuwait University and at the International Islamic University in Malaysia.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.3.2026
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	135 x 216 mm
Gewicht	375 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
ISBN-13	9781849251167 / 9781849251167
Zustand	Neuware