{"product_id":"forgotten-searching-for-palestines-hidden-places-and-lost-memorials-9781635424744","title":"Forgotten: Searching for Palestine's Hidden Places and Lost Memorials","description":"\u003cb\u003eA profound meditation on memory and the preservation of Palestinian heritage, from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eWe Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eForgotten \u003c\/i\u003euncovers the hidden or neglected memorials and places in historic Palestine--now Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories--and what they might tell us about the land and the people who live on the small slip of earth between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom ancient city ruins to the Nabi 'Ukkasha mosque and tomb, acclaimed writers and researchers Raja Shehadeh and Penny Johnson ask: what has been memorialized, and what lies unseen, abandoned, or erased--and why? Whether standing on a high cliff overlooking Lebanon or at the lowest land-based elevation on earth at the Dead Sea, they explore lost connections in a fragmented land. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn elegiac, elegant prose, Shehadeh and Johnson grapple not only with questions of Israeli resistance to acknowledging the Nakba--the 1948 catastrophe for Palestinians--but also with the complicated history of Palestinian commemoration today\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRaja Shehadeh \u003c\/b\u003eis one of Palestine's leading writers. He is also a lawyer and the founder of the pioneering Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq. Shehadeh is the author of several acclaimed books including\u003ci\u003e Palestinian Walks\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the prestigious Orwell Prize, \u003ci\u003eWe Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, \u003ci\u003eWhat Does Israel Fear from Palestine?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Rift in Time: Travels with My Ottoman Uncle\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePenny Johnson \u003c\/b\u003eis a founding member of the Institute of Women's Studies at Birzeit University and has published articles and edited a number of important books on Palestine. She is also a contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eJerusalem Quarterly \u003c\/i\u003eand the author of \u003ci\u003eCompanions in Conflict: Animals in Occupied Palestine.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Other Press (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51635536789778,"sku":"9781635424744","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3c9f9693-f517-4ff0-a1bc-9d621ecb7bf1.jpg?v=1759241506","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/forgotten-searching-for-palestines-hidden-places-and-lost-memorials-9781635424744","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}