{"product_id":"gaza-weddings-9789774168444","title":"Gaza Weddings","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwin sisters Randa and Lamis live in the besieged Gaza Strip. Inseparable to the point that even their mother cannot tell them apart, they grow up surrounded by the random carnage that characterizes life under occupation.\u003cbr\u003eRanda, who wants to be a journalist, writes to record the devastation around her, taking pictures of martyred children. Meanwhile, their beloved neighbor Amna quietly converses with all those she has lost, as she plans the wedding of Lamis and her son Saleh.\u003cbr\u003eWith their menfolk almost entirely absent, it is the women who take center stage in this poignant novel of resilience, determination, and living against the odds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIbrahim Nasrallah\u003c\/b\u003e was born to Palestinian parents in Jordan in 1954, and grew up in a refugee camp there. He has written fourteen collections of poetry and fourteen novels as well as works of literary criticism. He is also a painter and photographer. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eInside the Night\u003c\/i\u003e (AUC Press, 2007), \u003ci\u003eTime of White Horses\u003c\/i\u003e (Hoopoe, 2016), and \u003ci\u003eThe Lanterns of the King of Galilee\u003c\/i\u003e (AUC Press, 2015). \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNancy Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e is the translator of a number of Arabic novels including Salwa Bakr's \u003ci\u003eThe Man from Bashmour \u003c\/i\u003e(AUC Press, 2007), for which she received a commendation in the Saif Ghobash-Banipal Prize for Translation, and Ibrahim Nasrallah's \u003ci\u003eTime of White Horses\u003c\/i\u003e (Hoopoe, 2016).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hoopoe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646901195026,"sku":"9789774168444","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_26a00e5e-56eb-4b77-b81c-dd9a243204cb.jpg?v=1733189407","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/gaza-weddings-9789774168444","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}