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Gripping memoir and poetry from Palestinian writer Nada Shawa
Gripping memoir and poetry from Palestinian writer Nada Shawa
In this blend of memoir and poetry, Nada Shawa writes in solidarity with her home country, recalling a happy early childhood spent in Gaza.
Three prose pieces, written between 2009 and 2019, are full of honesty, defiance and humour. Their poignancy is heightened by our knowledge of the desperate situation in Palestine today, which inspired her poems on Gaza, mostly written this year.
Nada recounts her experiences of travelling with a wheelchair in and out of a country in military occupation and the unique hardship this brings.
Her voice is powerful, peaceful yet fierce. Her poetry deals with grief, displacement and war, but also the restorative power of nature and art.
This new edition contains poems and an extended introduction that reflect on events in 2025.
Nada Shawa’s writing is delicate, vivid and full of hope despite the grave personal losses which she laments.—Raja Shehadeh
Grief and sorrow, the joy of good company, family and friendship, and through it all, music, of all kinds, give this short book a remarkable buoyancy and assurance.—Alan Riach, The National