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Ghada Karmi's compelling and beautifully written narrative is more than a personal memoir. It enables the reader to understand and to empathise with the psychological dislocation of exile that continues to fuel the Palestinian cause. --Karen Armstrong, Independent
Keenly observed, fierce, honest and yet light of touch, Ms Karmi's memoir of dislocation illustrates just how inseparable, for many people, the personal and political still can be. --The Economist
This is an important memoir, beautifully written by an intelligent, sensitive woman that fills a void in studies of Zionism. It should help those of us who do not understand why growing numbers of Muslims and not a few Christians have lost faith with Western pretensions to fairness. --Financial Times
Keenly observed, fierce, honest and yet light of touch, Ms Karmi's memoir of dislocation illustrates just how inseparable, for many people, the personal and political still can be. --The Economist
This is an important memoir, beautifully written by an intelligent, sensitive woman that fills a void in studies of Zionism. It should help those of us who do not understand why growing numbers of Muslims and not a few Christians have lost faith with Western pretensions to fairness. --Financial Times
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"Ghada Karmi's compelling and beautifully written narrative is more than a personal memoir. It enables the reader to understand and to empathise with the psychological dislocation of exile that continues to fuel the Palestinian cause." - Karen Armstrong, Independent "This is an important memoir, beautifully written by an intelligent, sensitive woman that fills a void in studies of Zionism. It should help those of us who do not understand why growing numbers of Muslims and not a few Christians have lost faith with Western pretensions to fairness." - Financial Times "Keenly observed, fierce, honest and yet light of touch, Ms Karmi's memoir of dislocation illustrates just how inseparable, for many people, the personal and political still can be." Economist"
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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful
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This is a most blatantly honest account of the events in Palestine up to 1948 firstly seen throught the innocent eyes of a Palestinian Muslim child, a girl; how that little girl becomes a woman living in England in exile and contrary to her parents' wishes eagerly adopts her host country's culture, education and habits to the point of marriage. The confusion she feels as events unfold in the Middle East, through her adolescence to adulthood, is laid bare on the page and her accounts of British ignorance of the plight of Palestinians at that time are disturbing. (One wonders how much that has changed). Relationships between Arab men and Western women and vice versa are particularly well brought to our attention and her eventual return visit to her homeland is heartbreaking. Ghada Karmi has shown great courage in writing this book and I, for one, have learned a lot as well as thoroughly enjoyed reading it. I hope this will be published worldwide.
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i read this well written book in 3 days. it works on many levels. one level is about personal identity. the author discusses her own arab identity, english identity and an identity neither fully arab nor english. her life story demonstrates how shifting identities are a product of experience and social environment.
she starts in palestine and then as a child is forced into exile with her family who settle in london via a short stay in damascus. an english identity develops in conflict with her native arab identity. this results in a "culture clash." on leaving london to attend bristol medical school she determines to complete the transformation to a dark skinned english girl. she marries an englishman against opposition from her family but the marriage is short lived resulting in divorce. her identity develops further, she becomes a political activist for the palestinian cause and travels back to the middle east.
and so i have titled this review "in search of identities."
overall, i enjoyed reading this book very much.
she starts in palestine and then as a child is forced into exile with her family who settle in london via a short stay in damascus. an english identity develops in conflict with her native arab identity. this results in a "culture clash." on leaving london to attend bristol medical school she determines to complete the transformation to a dark skinned english girl. she marries an englishman against opposition from her family but the marriage is short lived resulting in divorce. her identity develops further, she becomes a political activist for the palestinian cause and travels back to the middle east.
and so i have titled this review "in search of identities."
overall, i enjoyed reading this book very much.
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is clearly a book written from the heart and is full of human emotion. The reader is therefore carried along as though on a fascinating foreign journey with an interesting and warm hearted companion. The factual detail provides a scholarly resource for students of the troubled modern history of Palestine and above all Gharda's story tells of the human tradgedies and the effect on individual lives of systematic ethnic cleansing from 1948 and continuing today. A very good and rewarding book.
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A Palestinian Story-written by a British Palestinian
Although Fatima moved in 1949 to England living as a British girl, she became later loyal to the Palestinian cause. Read more
Published 14 months ago by aya
Interesting account
Interesting insight into the conflict; I was learning without realising it. It is an interesting story but repetitive in places.
Published 22 months ago by Monica
amazing story
This is one of the best and honest stories I have ever read. Ms Karmi shows a very brave interpretation of the English, Arabic and Jewish cultures. Read more
Published on 22 May 2010 by Genek
A Must Read!!
When it comes to writing memoirs, Ghada Karmi has perfected the art to a tee. Starting from her early childhood in pre-partition Palestine, she painfuly recounts the events that... Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2006 by HKS
honest book
this is very intresting book, i have nejoyed reading it, it corrects some of my informayion about the arab-israeli conflict. Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2006 by Wm Abdelrhman
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Anyone who is able to read should read this book.
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