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Of Noble Origins
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Title: Of Noble Origins
Author: Sahar Khalifeh
ISBN: 9789774165429
Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
Published: 2012
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: 1
Publisher Description: <p><strong>A Palestinian family's struggles with the issues of identity and a contested homeland in post-World War I Palestine under the British Mandate</strong> <p/>The Qahtan are a Palestinian family that claims to have originated in the Arabian Peninsula, descended from the family of the Prophet Muhammad. This connection has given its members a certain ascendancy in their society, and has influenced their cultural and political choices. <p/>The true test occurs when the Qahtanis, like other Palestinians, confront two enemies after the First World War: the British Mandate and the Zionist movement. Observing the gradual and increasing illegal Jewish immigration and land appropriation, the Palestinians come to realize they have been betrayed by a power that "fulfilled their promises to the Jews and reneged on their promises to the Arabs." <p/>Sahar Khalifeh brings to the forefront the inner conflicts of Palestinian society as it struggles to affirm its cultural and national identity, save its threatened homeland, and maintain a semblance of normalcy in otherwise abnormal circumstances.</p>
Author: Sahar Khalifeh
ISBN: 9789774165429
Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
Published: 2012
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: 1
Publisher Description: <p><strong>A Palestinian family's struggles with the issues of identity and a contested homeland in post-World War I Palestine under the British Mandate</strong> <p/>The Qahtan are a Palestinian family that claims to have originated in the Arabian Peninsula, descended from the family of the Prophet Muhammad. This connection has given its members a certain ascendancy in their society, and has influenced their cultural and political choices. <p/>The true test occurs when the Qahtanis, like other Palestinians, confront two enemies after the First World War: the British Mandate and the Zionist movement. Observing the gradual and increasing illegal Jewish immigration and land appropriation, the Palestinians come to realize they have been betrayed by a power that "fulfilled their promises to the Jews and reneged on their promises to the Arabs." <p/>Sahar Khalifeh brings to the forefront the inner conflicts of Palestinian society as it struggles to affirm its cultural and national identity, save its threatened homeland, and maintain a semblance of normalcy in otherwise abnormal circumstances.</p>
