{"product_id":"ever-since-i-did-not-die-9780857427908","title":"Ever Since I Did Not Die","description":"\u003cb\u003eThrough seventeen powerful testimonies, Syrian-Palestinian poet Ramy Al-Asheq's \u003ci\u003eEver SInce I Did Not Die\u003c\/i\u003e is a poignant autobiographical journey that vividly depicts what it means to live through war.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The texts gathered in \u003ci\u003eEver Since I Did Not Die\u003c\/i\u003e by Syrian-Palestinian poet Ramy Al-Asheq are a poignant record of a fateful journey. Having grown up in a refugee camp in Damascus, Al-Asheq was imprisoned and persecuted by the regime in 2011 during the Syrian Revolution. He was released from jail, only to be recaptured and imprisoned in Jordan. After escaping from prison, he spent two years in Jordan under a fake name and passport, during which he won a literary fellowship that allowed him to travel to Germany in 2014, where he now lives and writes in exile. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through seventeen powerful testimonies, \u003ci\u003eEver Since I Did Not Die \u003c\/i\u003evividly depicts what it means to live through war. Exquisitely weaving the past with the present and fond memories with brutal realities, this volume celebrates resistance through words that refuse to surrender and continue to create beauty amidst destruction--one of the most potent ways to survive in the darkest of hours. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRamy Al-Asheq\u003c\/b\u003e is a Berlin-based Syrian-Palestinian poet, journalist and curator. He has published five poetry collections in Arabic, and many of his texts have been translated into Bosnian, Czech, English, French, German, Kurdish, Polish, and Spanish. He launched the German-Arabic magazine FANN in 2017 and was recently selected as a fellow at the Academy of Arts in Berlin and Academy Schloss Solitude.\u003cb\u003e Isis Nusair\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of international studies and women's and gender Studies at Denison University, Ohio. Levi Thompson is assistant professor of Arabic at the University of Colorado-Boulder, where he teaches courses on Middle Eastern literature and culture.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seagull Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50650277511442,"sku":"9780857427908","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3a1b10f6-3ae5-4316-a5b5-ee175ffe27fe.jpg?v=1733285099","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ever-since-i-did-not-die-9780857427908","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}