In My Mother's Footsteps
A Palestinian Refugee Returns Home
$17.16
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2021
Summary
‘Utterly heart-breaking, absorbing, and tender…will stay with you long after you finish the last page.’ Christy Lefteri, bestselling author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo
‘Refugees are like seeds that scatter in the wind, and land in different soils that become their reluctant homes’ my mother once told me. As a small child, I looked up at my mother and clutched her hand. The puffiness of her palm reminded me of a loaf of warm pita bread, and when she laced her fin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781909770645 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1909770647 |
| Author: | Mona Hajjar Halaby |
| Publisher: | Octopus Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Thread |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2021 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 22mm |
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About The Author
Mona Hajjar Halaby
Mona Hajjar Halaby is a Palestinian-American educator, writer and social historian. In order to preserve Palestinian culture and heritage, she has created “British Mandate Jerusalemites Photo Library” on FaceBook, and “The Palestine Ethnographic Society.” She collaborated on an interactive documentary “Jerusalem We Are Here,” which takes participants on a walking tour of a neighborhood in Jerusalem past and present, and presents a map that documents the houses in the neighborhood with their documents, photos, and stories. Hajjar-Halaby has written a parenting book, a book on her classroom practice and has a new book coming out in May entitled, “In My Mother’s Footsteps: A Palestinian Refugee Returns Home.”
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