Forgotten is a search for hidden or neglected memorials and places in historic Palestine - now Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories - and what they might tell us about the land and the people who live on our small slip of earth between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. From ancient city ruins to the Nabi 'Ukkasha mosque and tomb, acclaimed writers and researchers Raja Shehadeh and Penny Johnson ask: what has been memorialised, and what lies unseen, abandoned or erased - and why? Whether standing on a high cliff overlooking Lebanon or at the lowest land-based elevation on earth at the Dead Sea, they explore lost connections in a fragmented land. In elegiac, elegant prose, Shehadeh and Johnson grapple not only with questions of Israeli resistance to acknowledging the Nakba - the 1948 catastrophe for Palestinians - but also with the complicated history of Palestinian commemoration today.
Review
Praise for We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: 'Absolutely gripping ... masterly -- Rachel Aspden - Guardian
Profoundly personal as well as historically significant ... A quiet and deeply felt book -- Hisham Matar - New York Times
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A joyful read, and an essential and timely addition to the literature in animal studies -- Bjørn Kristensen, University of Oregon
Book Description
From two leading writers and thinkers on Palestine: a profound meditation on memory and what we choose to memorialise
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