Of noble origins
By: Sahar Khalifeh ; translated by Aida Bamia
Contributors: Bamia, Aida A. (Aida Adib)
Series: Modern Arabic literature
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cairo, Egypt; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9789774165429
Subjects: Emigration and immigration; Palestinian Arabs; Betrayal; Fiction
Work titles: Aṣl wa-faṣl
Description: "The Qahtans are a Palestinian family that claims to have originated in the Arabian Peninsula, descended from the family of the Prophet Muhammad. This connection has given its members a certain ascendancy in their society, and has influenced their cultural and political choices. The true test occurs when the Qahtans, like other Palestinians, confront two enemies after the First World War: the British Mandate and the Zionist movement. Observing the gradual and increasing illegal Jewish immigration and land appropriation, the Palestinians come to realize they have been betrayed by a power that 'fulfilled their promises to the Jews and reneged on their promises to the Arabs.'"--
Notes: "A Palestinian novel"--Cover.