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    Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative
    Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative
    Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative
    Audiobook2 hours

    Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative

    Written by Isabella Hammad

    Narrated by Isabella Hammad

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    About this audiobook

    “Extraordinary and amazingly erudite. Hammad shows how art and especially literature can be much, much
    more revealing than political writing.” — Rashid Khalidi, New York Times bestselling author of The Hundred
    Years’ War on Palestine
    From the award-winning author of The Parisian and Enter Ghost comes an outstanding essay on the Palestinian
    struggle and the power of narrative
    Isabella Hammad delivered the Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture at Columbia University nine days before
    October 7th, 2023. The text of Hammad’s seminal speech and her afterword, written in the early weeks of
    2024, together make up a searing appraisal of the war on Palestine during what seems a turning point in the
    narrative of human history. Profound and moving, Hammad writes from within the moment, shedding light on
    the Palestinian struggle for freedom. Recognizing the Stranger is a brilliant melding of literary and cultural
    analysis by one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists and a foremost writer of fiction in the world today.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateSep 24, 2024
    ISBN9798892749299
    Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative

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