Of noble origins / Sahar Khalifeh ; translated by Aida Bamia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khalīfah, Saḥar.

Contributor:

Bamia, Aida A. (Aida Adib)

بامية، عايدة أديب. (Aida Adib)

Series:

Modern Arabic literature

Standardized Title:

Aṣl wa-faṣl. English

أصل وفصل. إنجليزي http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2012047758

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Palestinian Arabs--Fiction.

Palestinian Arabs.

Emigration and immigration--Fiction.

Emigration and immigration.

Betrayal--Fiction.

Betrayal.

Genre:

Fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

274 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, 2012.

Summary:

"The Qahtans are a Palestinian family that claims to have originated in the Arabian Peninsula, descended from the family of the Prophet Muhammad. This connection has given its members a certain ascendancy in their society, and has influenced their cultural and political choices. The true test occurs when the Qahtans, like other Palestinians, confront two enemies after the First World War: the British Mandate and the Zionist movement. Observing the gradual and increasing illegal Jewish immigration and land appropriation, the Palestinians come to realize they have been betrayed by a power that 'fulfilled their promises to the Jews and reneged on their promises to the Arabs.'"--P. [2] of cover.

Notes:

"First published in Arabic in 2009 by Dar al-Adab as Aslun wa fasl"--T.p. verso.

ISBN:

9789774165429

977416542X

OCLC:

748331417