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Ibtisam Barakat
Book Signing
Event
:
Ibtisam
Barakat book signing
Event
Type :
Book
signing
Event
Description :
The
MU University Bookstore
hosts a book signing with
Ibtisam Barakat, a Palestinian
author, speaker and activist
who has lived in Columbia
for many years. Her new
book, "Tasting the Sky:
A Palestinian Childhood,"
is autobiographical.
Date
:
April
19, 2007
Time
:
1-2
p.m.
Location
:
University
Bookstore
Book
Description
“When
a war ends it does not go away,”
my mother says.“It hides inside
us . . . Just forget!”
But I do not want to do what Mother
says . . . I want to remember.
In this groundbreaking memoir set
in Ramallah during the aftermath
of the 1967 Six-Day War, Ibtisam
Barakat captures what it is like
to be a child whose world is shattered
by war. With candor and courage,
she stitches together memories of
her childhood: fear and confusion
as bombs explode near her home and
she is separated from her family;
the harshness of
life as a Palestinian refugee; her
unexpected joy when she discovers
Alef, the first letter of the Arabic
alphabet. This is the beginning
of her passionate connection to
words, and as language becomes her
refuge, allowing her to piece together
the fragments of her world, it becomes
her true home.
Transcending the particulars of
politics, this illuminating and
timely book provides a telling glimpse
into a little-known culture that
has become an increasingly important
part of the puzzle of world peace.
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