Palestinian Novel

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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 9:00am to 10:00am

What role might be played in political struggle by cultural creations? A new novel, Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad, raises this question doubly: both as a novel set in current struggles and in the story it recounts about the contested effort to mount a theatre production in Palestine’s West Bank. With some help from Shakespeare, Norm Diamond reviews the novel.

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  • Time
    9:01
    Artist
    Lina Sleibi
    Song
    Helwa Ya Baladi حلوة يا بلدي - Cover
    Album
    Helwa Ya Baladi حلوة يا بلدي (Cover)
    Label
    DISTROKID
  • Time
    9:22
    Artist
    Cairokee
    Song
    Telk Qadeya
    Album
    Telk Qadeya
    Label
    Cairokee Productions
  • Time
    9:32
    Artist
    Lina Sleibi
    Song
    Helwa Ya Baladi حلوة يا بلدي - Cover
    Album
    Helwa Ya Baladi حلوة يا بلدي (Cover)
    Label
    DISTROKID
  • Time
    9:58
    Artist
    Utah Phillips
    Song
    The Preacher and the Slave
    Album
    Classic Labor Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
    Label
    Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
  • Time
    9:59
    Artist
    Shuggie Otis
    Song
    Purple - Edited Version
    Album
    Shuggie's Boogie: Shuggie Otis Plays The Blues
    Label
    Epic/Legacy

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