Susan Abulhawa

Culture as Combat: Palestinian Voices

Festivals, Museums, and Awards In stirring opening remarks at the international 2021 mega-conference, Palestine Writes, Susan Abulhawa, asserts that “..this festival is meant to expand Palestine’s cultural imprint in the world.” Such an imprint is being achieved by Palestinian cultural creativity, inscribing the Palestinian struggle and the distinctive spirit of the Palestinian people at the […]

A Palestinian Novel Par Excellence

 
 
Vacy Vlazna
 
If poetry be the food of love, read on.*
The Blue between Sky and Water, places Susan Abulhawa among the Illustrissimi of Palestinian literature. It is a novel one must read, at minimum twice. Once to follow the ‘what’s next’ of the evolving plot with its larger than fiction characters.
And the second time?