Description: "A vital, fearless memoir explores what it means to be a Palestinian in this moment, the effects of the genocide on Palestinian art and imagination, and that to even claim a belonging to the land from a country thousands of miles away is an act of subversion--a book that Omar El Akkad says "so perfectly contextualizes and humanizes so much of what has led us to this awful moment, and one that will be remembered long after."--Provided by publisher.
Brief description: Saeed Teebi is an award-winning writer and lawyer. His debut short story collection, Her First Palestinian, was a finalist for several awards, including the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Prize. His nonfiction has appeared in The Globe and Mail and The New Quarterly. Born in Kuwait, he resettled in the United States, then Canada. He now lives in Toronto.
Review Quotes: "[A] deeply felt memoir. . .Teebi reckons with what it means to be an exiled Palestinian writer at a moment when Palestinians are being killed by the thousands in Gaza. . . Yet Teebi persists, with grace and force, in trying to find some small hope in the act of storytelling."
-- Publishers Weekly (starred review)