Time of White Horses

Through the history of a single Palestinian village and three generations of one family in it, this epic novel covers Palestine from the last quarter of the nineteenth century to 1948. Under Ottoman rule and then the British Mandate, the village's peasants struggle against rural and urban notables, Turkish and British rulers, Jewish immigrants and Arab leaders alike. Yet they also live full lives, rich in customs and detail, in noise and tension, celebrations, tragedies and sorrows, on land that has been theirs for generations. Their story becomes that of a whole people, from the Ottoman centuries to the Nakba.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

511 pages in the original

Genres

Historical, Family, Politics (assigned by AI)

Set in

Palestinian Territories, late 19th century–1948

First published

2007 by Arab Scientific Publishers

Author's age

53 when first published

ISBN

9789953874630 (original)

9789774164897 (American University in Cairo Press, Egypt)

9789774167577 (American University in Cairo Press, Egypt)

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