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وارث الشواهد

Warith al-shawahid

“Heir of the Tombstones” (title translated by AI)

Walid Shurafa (وليد الشرفا, born 1973)

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Jailed on Mount Carmel, al-Wahid recalls 1967, his family's expulsion from Ein Hawd, now the Israeli artists' village of Ein Hod, and the copy of their house his grandfather built in Nablus. Back from studies abroad after the old man's death, he is turned away from the family's former home by the artist living there, and the house's old stone plaque, found in a café, leads to a clash with the police.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
159 pages in the original
Genres
Politics, Family (assigned by AI)
Set in
Israel, Palestinian Territories
First published
2017 by Dar al-Ahlia
Author's age
44 when first published
ISBN

9789957391874 (original)

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