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Ghetto Boys My Name Is Adam Part 1

Author: Elias Khoury

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This novel recalls Palestinian memory through the story of a character struggling with identity and exile, where personal and historical narratives intertwine to reveal the wounds of the Nakba and its continuing effects. This humane text embraces existential and political questions simultaneously.

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“Manal doesn’t know what the word ‘ghetto’ means, or where it comes from. All she knows is that the residents of Lod, the barricaded city, heard the word from Israeli soldiers and assumed it meant a Palestinian neighborhood, or an Arab neighborhood, as the Israelis decided to call the country’s indigenous inhabitants. Only Mamoun knew: ‘Ghetto is the name for Jewish neighborhoods in Europe.’ ‘So we’ve become Jews?’ Manal asked naively…”

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Year

2016

Publisher

Dar Al-Adab

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