My Brother, My Land: A Story from Palestine

2026/01/02 by Sherene Seikaly · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Government (linguistics) #Islamic Studies and History #Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies #Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis #Palestine #West bank #Work (physics)

paper · doi:10.1080/0377919x.2026.2638127

openalex publication_date 2026/01/02 · openalex created_date 2026/03/06 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/13

Abstract

In the midst of the relentless Nakba and ongoing genocide, Sami Hermez and Sireen Sawalha have built a shore, a refuge, a piece of suspended earth. My Brother, My Land teaches us about everyday lif...

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• In her review of My Brother, My Land: A Story from Palestine by Hermez Sami and Sireen Sawalha, Sherene Seikaly argues that the book demonstrates the persistence of Palestinian belonging and memory in [bsky, 13 points, 0 comments]

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