In Search of Fatima - A Palestinian Story

Born in Jerusalem, Ghada Karmi and her family were forced out of their home in 1948. They shared the fate of the thousands of Palestinians who, in the Nakba, were dispossessed and driven from land lived on for generations. In this moving memoir, Karmi charts their journey from Jerusalem to Golders Green, in north London, and their struggle to put down roots in alien soil. A quest for identity haunts her search for security far from home. Speaking for the vast number of people displaced worldwide, her story is a powerful exploration of the psychological pain of exile.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Author's Note
Introduction

Prologue
Part One PALESTINE
Pan Two ENGLAND
Part Three IN SEARCH OF FATIMA

Epilogue

About the author

Ghada Karmi was born in Jerusalem and trained as a doctor of medicine at Bristol University. She established the first British-Palestinian medical charity in 1972 and was an Associate Fellow at the Royal Institute for International Affairs. Her previous books include Jerusalem Today: What Future for the Peace Process?, The Palestinian Exodus 1948-1998 (with Eugene Cotran), Married to Another Man: Israel's Dilemma in Palestine, and the best-selling In Search of Fatima. She writes frequently for theGuardian and the Nation.

Product details

• Authors: Ghada Karmi, Karmi Ghada
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.04.2024
• EAN: 9781804297094
• ISBN: 978-1-80429-709-4
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Autobiography: general, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Middle Eastern history, Palestine, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Arab & Middle Eastern