Cheat-sheet: All of the possible book options for Pal Lit quiz (and where to find them)

First of all, if you haven't taken the Which Palestinian Novel Should I Read? quiz, take it here!

If you want to take a gander at all of the possible outcomes, scan below and click the links to the publishers to order your very own bit of Palestinian literature. 

Which Book? Quiz fun with Palestinian Lit.

Want to cheat and take a look at all of the options? Click here.

Back to books! A teaser to Nasrallah's _Under the Midmorning Sun_

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. 

Thinking about 'freedom'

"take your family to Burger King or for Fried Chicken, and choose any carbonated drink you want, that is your liberty, and no one will interfere with it." 

Ibrahim Nasrallah in

Balcony of Delirium 

The woman on the left of this picture is about to be stopped, searched and questioned by the Israeli soldiers on the bottom right. They will question her while the two international observers (midle right in red and blue) observe. She does not have the freedom to walk from a residential area in the West Bank city of Hebron to the main shopping district without being harassed.