Under the nakba tree : fragments of a Palestinian family in Canada

Under the nakba tree fragments of a Palestinian family in Canada

In this moving memoir, Mowafa Househ shares the story of his family's flight from Palestine in 1948 and his childhood spent in Canada. He depicts what it is to be a witness to the effects of prolonged conflict and occupation, a victim of intergenerational and colonial traumas, and a life define...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Househ, Mowafa, 1977- author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athabasca, AB : Athabasca University Press 2022
[2022]
Series:Our Lives: Diary, Memoir, and Letters
Subjects:
Househ, Mowafa Said.
Househ, Mowafa Said > Family.
Psychic trauma.
Refugees.
Canada.
Alberta.
Arab.
BIPOC.
Colonial.
Colonialism.
Diaspora.
Discrimination.
Edmonton.
Immigrant.
Intergenerational Trauma.
Intifada.
Middle East.
Muslim.
Occupation.
Occupied Territories.
Palestine, Indigenous sovereignty, identity, Israel.
Palestinian.
Resettlement.
Syria.
Turtle Island.
Visible Minority.
War.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009810932906719
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Summary:In this moving memoir, Mowafa Househ shares the story of his family's flight from Palestine in 1948 and his childhood spent in Canada. He depicts what it is to be a witness to the effects of prolonged conflict and occupation, a victim of intergenerational and colonial traumas, and a life defined by the struggles of those who live on occupied land.
Physical Description:1 online resource (214 pages)
ISBN:9781771992046
9781771992053
9781771992039

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