{"product_id":"in-search-of-fatima-a-palestinian-story-9781804297094","title":"In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"One of the finest, most eloquent and painfully honest memoirs of the Palestinian exile and displacement.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn intimate memoir of the 1948 Nakba, exile and the dispossession of Palestinian lands\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Search of Fatima\u003c\/i\u003e reflects the author's personal experiences of displacement and loss against a backdrop of the major political events which have shaped conflict in the Middle East. Kharmi was born in Jerusalem but her family were forced out in 1948, following the Nakba, when Palestinians were dispossessed of their lands at the hands of the Israeli state. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this moving account of exile, she charts her family's displacement to Jordan, and finally to Golders Green, London, where she initially refused to lay down roots in alien soil. Through this journey, Kharmi charts the personal account of a young woman's search for identity: as a Palestinian far away from home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpeaking for the millions of displaced people worldwide who have lived suspended between their old and new countries, fitting into neither, this is a nuanced exploration of psychological displacement and loss of identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ghada Karmi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.15w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781804297094\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGhada Karmi\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Jerusalem and trained as a doctor of medicine at Bristol University. She established the first British-Palestinian medical charity in 1972 and was an Associate Fellow at the Royal Institute for International Affairs. Her previous books include \u003ci\u003eThe Ethnic Health Factfile\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJerusalem Today: What Future for the Peace Process?\u003c\/i\u003e and, as co-editor with E. Cotran, \u003ci\u003eThe Palestinian Exodus, 1948-1998.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43778290385011,"sku":"9.7818E+12","price":28.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_57ece3b6-7b1e-4678-a1e9-8e6312d87efa.jpg?v=1757507800","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/in-search-of-fatima-a-palestinian-story-9781804297094","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}