Rabai al-Madhoun

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• مصائر: كونشرتو الهولوكوست والنكبة

  In English

  SaveFractured Destinies to read later

  IPAF 2016 · ★ Winner

  Fractured Destinies

  مصائر: كونشرتو الهولوكوست والنكبة · Masa'ir: Kunshirtu al-Hulukust wa-l-Nakba

  Rabai al-Madhoun · 70 when first published

  Novel · 264 pages · Politics, Migration

  AIAI-generated summary:After scattering part of her Armenian mother's ashes on the Thames, Julie keeps the rest to take back to Palestine, and sets out from London with her Palestinian husband Walid.

• السيدة من تل أبيب

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  IPAF 2010 · Shortlist

  The Lady from Tel Aviv

  السيدة من تل أبيب · Al-Sayyida min Tal Abib

  Rabai al-Madhoun · 64 when first published

  Novel · Politics, Migration

  AIAI-generated summary:Walid Dahman, a Palestinian exile settled in London, flies to Tel Aviv to see his family in Gaza for the first time since 1967, and finds himself seated next to an Israeli artist, Dana Ahuva.