{"product_id":"naseej-life-weavings-of-palestine-9780745350844","title":"Naseej: Life-Weavings of Palestine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In its vivid close-ups of the diverse and dynamic communities for whom Palestine was home, \u003ci\u003eNaseej\u003c\/i\u003e offers both a heart-breaking account of what colonists have cost the world, and a hopeful template for the future. This is the book that \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e Palestine.\"\u003c\/b\u003e Ahdaf Soueif, novelist \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A remarkable book of creative personal essays, poems, and scholarly investigations that illuminate the wondrous tapestry that was Palestine before the Zionists imposed their vision of exclusionary ethnonationalism and racialized rule. This book reveals how a land could be called home by diverse people and communities of tangled origins, living side by side as neighbors and kin. As Palestinians.\"\u003c\/b\u003e Lila Abu-Lughod, author of \u003ci\u003eDo Muslim Women Need Saving?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNaseej\u003c\/i\u003e, meaning \"tapestry\" in Arabic, is a book about the diversity and beauty of community, history, and continuity in Palestine. It compiles essays, short stories, poetry, interviews, and visual art to tell the story of how the vast web of Palestinian histories has been severed from its roots. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Palestine has always been a precious patchwork of languages, ethnicities, cultures, religions, and practices, weaved into the fabric of an Arab and Islamic civilization that was a culmination of centuries of interchange and experimentation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Arriving at a moment of utter devastation, this collection celebrates life in Palestine. From the trajectories of Romani groups to religious communities like Druze and Ahmadiyya Muslims, to the political experience of Black Palestinians, \u003ci\u003eNaseej\u003c\/i\u003e asks what kind of threads remain of this tapestry after some 150 years of colonialism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArpan Roy\u003c\/b\u003e is an anthropologist researching in Palestine and the region. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eRelative Strangers: Romani Kinship and Palestinian Difference\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eNoura Salahaldeen\u003c\/b\u003e is an anthropologist from Jerusalem. She researches the Palestinian African community in Palestine and Jordan. She is based in Jerusalem and Austria. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Arpan Roy is an anthropologist researching Palestine and the region. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eRelative Strangers: Romani Kinship and Palestinian Difference\u003c\/i\u003e and has held various teaching positions and fellowships in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Noura Salahaldeen is an anthropologist from Jerusalem, currently based in Europe. Her research focuses on the experiences of the African Community of Jerusalem under settler colonial rule in Palestine, and in the Palestinian diaspora in Jordan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51181132644626,"sku":"9780745350844","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ad5d3eba-4002-4cca-82cf-12944aca5b8c.jpg?v=1744390708","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/naseej-life-weavings-of-palestine-9780745350844","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}