Three Encounters on the West Bank

Kemp, Mercedes ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4101-6810 (2017) Three Encounters on the West Bank. In: This Is Not A Border. Bloomsbury, London. ISBN 978-1408884980

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Abstract / Summary

The Palestine Festival of Literature was established in 2008. Bringing together writers from all corners of the globe, it aims to help Palestinians break the cultural siege imposed by the Israeli military occupation, to strengthen their artistic links with the rest of the world, and to reaffirm, in the words of Edward Said, 'the power of culture over the culture of power'.

Celebrating the tenth anniversary of PalFest, This Is Not a Border is a collection of essays, poems and stories from some of the world's most distinguished artists, responding to their experiences at this unique festival. Both heartbreaking and hopeful, their gathered work is a testament to the power of literature to promote solidarity and courage in the most desperate of situations.

Contributors: Susan Abulhawa, Suad Amiry, Victoria Brittain, Jehan Bseiso, Teju Cole, Molly Crabapple, Selma Dabbagh, Mahmoud Darwish, Najwan Darwish, Geoff Dyer, Yasmin El-Rifae, Adam Foulds, Ru Freeman, Omar Robert Hamilton, Suheir Hammad, Nathalie Handal, Mohammed Hanif, Jeremy Harding, Rachel Holmes, John Horner, Remi Kanazi, Brigid Keenan, Mercedes Kemp, Omar El-Khairy, Nancy Kricorian, Sabrina Mahfouz, Jamal Mahjoub, Henning Mankell, Claire Messud, China Miéville, Pankaj Mishra, Deborah Moggach, Muiz, Maath Musleh, Michael Palin, Ed PavliçAtef Abu Saif, Kamila Shamsie, Raja Shehadeh, Gillian Slovo, Ahdaf Soueif, Linda Spalding, Will Sutcliffe, Alice Walker

With messages from China Achebe, Michael Ondaatje and J. M. Coetzee

Item Type:	Book Section
ISBN:	978-1408884980
Subjects:	Communication > Creative Writing
Courses by Department:	The Falmouth School of Art
Depositing User:	Mercedes Kemp
Date Deposited:	21 Jul 2017 12:11
Last Modified:	18 Nov 2024 14:29
URI:	https://repository.falmouth.ac.uk/id/eprint/2609

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