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Colm Toibin. Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation
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INTRODUCTION. AYELET WALDMAN AND MICHAEL CHABON
THEDOVEKEEPER. GERALDINE BROOKS
ENDNOTE
ONE’S OWN PEOPLE. JACQUELINE WOODSON
BLOATED TIME AND THE DEATH OF MEANING. ALA HLEHEL
GIANT IN A CAGE. MICHAEL CHABON. 1
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THE LAND IN WINTER. MADELEINE THIEN
CITIES AND SIGNS
CITIES AND NAMES (1)
CITIES AND NAMES (2)
CITIES AND DESIRE
CITIES AND THE LIVING
MR. NICE GUY. RACHEL KUSHNER
SAMI. RAJA SHEHADEH
OCCUPIED WORDS. LARS SAABYE CHRISTENSEN. PROLOGUE
OCCUPIED WORDS
EPILOGUE
PRISON VISIT. DAVE EGGERS
EPILOGUE
SUMUD. EMILY RABOTEAU. 1. TEL AVIV
2. SUSIYA
3. EAST JERUSALEM
4. IFTAR AT THE ELECTRIC COMPANY
JOURNEY TO THE WEST BANK. MARIO VARGAS LLOSA. 1
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PLAYING FOR PALESTINE. ASSAF GAVRON
LOVE IN THE TIME OF QALANDIYA. TAIYE SELASI
IMAGINING JERICHO. COLM TÓIBÍN
THE END OF REASONS. EIMEAR MCBRIDE
HIGH PLACES. HARI KUNZRU
STORYLAND. LORRAINE ADAMS
THE SEPARATION WALL. HELON HABILA. 1. THE WALL
2. THE CHECKPOINT AT QALANDIYA
3. A VIEW OF THE WALL FROM AIDA REFUGEE CAMP
4. THE SEAM ZONES
A HUNDRED CHILDREN. EVA MENASSE
VISIBLE, INVISIBLE: TWO WORLDS. ANITA DESAI. THE INVISIBLE VILLAGE
THE VISIBLE SETTLEMENT
THE INVISIBLE CITY
THE VISIBLE CITY
FROM THE INVISIBLE TO THE VISIBLE WORLD
HIP-HOP IS NOT DEAD. POROCHISTA KHAKPOUR
OCCUPATION’S UNTOLD STORY. FIDA JIRYIS
AN UNSUITABLE PLACE FOR CLOWNS. ARNON GRUNBERG. 1
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JUSTICE, JUSTICE YOU SHALL PURSUE. AYELET WALDMAN
TWO STORIES, SO MANY STORIES. COLUM MCCANN
H2. MAYLIS DE KERANGAL
AFTERWORD
Footnotes. THE LAND IN WINTER: MADELEINE THIEN
OCCUPIED WORDS: LARS SAABYE CHRISTENSEN
PRISON VISIT: DAVE EGGERS
HIGH PLACES: HARI KUNZRU
A HUNDRED CHILDREN: EVA MENASSE
AFTERWORD
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It was three weeks, Ahmed said, since Israeli authorities had finally offered to return Hassan’s body to his family. Both Jewish and Islamic custom demands the swift burial of the dead, but the Israeli police have recently made a practice of retaining the corpses of Palestinians killed while committing terror attacks. They had retained Hassan’s corpse for four months before offering the return of the body under stringent conditions: a night burial with only uncles and cemetery staff present; everyone to submit to a thorough security check beforehand. Hassan’s family accepted. But they asked that, since the Muslim custom is to carry the body from the home to the grave wrapped only in a shroud and often with the face visible, Hassan’s body not be brought home frozen.
On the appointed date, the Israeli authorities arrived with the body at midnight. “When he arrived, he was stiff as that table,” said his uncle, tapping the mahogany surface in front of him. “His face was blue. How do you say good-bye to an ice cube?” The family refused to accept Hassan in that condition. The police took his body back to the freezer.
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