{"product_id":"sumud","title":"Sumud - A New Palestinian Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn anthology that celebrates the power of culture in Palestinian resistance, with selections of memoir, short stories, essays, book reviews, personal narrative, poetry, and art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncludes twenty-five black-and-white illustrations by Palestinian artists.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Arabic word \u003ci\u003esumūd\u003c\/i\u003e is often loosely translated as “steadfastness” or “standing fast.” It is, above all, a Palestinian cultural value of everyday perseverance in the face of Israeli occupation. \u003ci\u003eSumūd\u003c\/i\u003e is both a personal and collective commitment; people determine their own lives, despite the environment of constant oppressions imposed upon them. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis anthology spans the 20th and 21st centuries of Palestinian cultural history, and highlights writing from 2021–2024. The collection of writing and art features work from forty-six contributors including:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDispatches from Hossam Madhoun, co-founder of Gaza's Theatre for Everybody, as he survives the post-October 2023 war on Gaza;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNovelist Ahmed Masoud with “Application 39,” a sci-fi short story about a Dystopian bid for the Olympics;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSara Roy and Ivar Ekeland with “The New Politics of Exclusion: Gaza as Prologue,” an analysis of Israel’s divide and conquer policies of fragmentation;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorian Ilan Pappé with a review of Tahrir Hamdi’s book, \u003ci\u003eImagining Palestine\u003c\/i\u003e, in which he unpacks the relationship between culture and resistance;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEssayist Lina Mounzer with “Palestine and the Unspeakable,” an offering on the language used to dehumanize Palestinians;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd poetry by the next generation of poets who have inherited the mantle of the late Mahmoud Darwish (1941–2008).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays, stories, poetry, art and personal narrative collected in \u003ci\u003eSumūd: A New Palestinian Reader\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich riposte to those who would denigrate Palestinians’ aspirations for a homeland. It also serves as a timely reminder of culture’s power and importance during occupation and war.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50952296038688,"sku":"9781644214459","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9781644214459.jpg?v=1763654563","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/products\/sumud","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}