Tahṭa shams al-dụḥā (Under the Mid-morning Sun, 2004) is a
novel about the writing of a play. Its one of my favourites in Ibrahim Nasrallah's Palestine Comedies series and has yet to be translated into English. When sourcing new books to read in Arabic, its always hard to know what to choose since getting all the way through is such an investment of time and energy. With that in mind, I thought I'd share some of the summaries of the Palestine Comedies I'm putting together for another project, as well as a few choice quotes. Thought it might be interesting or useful. Or just something to read on the internet.
The narrative is set mainly in Ramallah, at the end of the first seven years of Palestinian Authority rule. It looks at the various ways of being Palestinian under the new political scene, and examines the problems of imposed narratives of nation-ness.
