ErostrateDiscovering the world's cultures, one work at a time
My list 0

How the works were chosen

Palestine

Palestine All works

All works 11

Filters
  • NarrativeMohammedan Saints and Sanctuaries in PalestineTawfiq Canaan · 1927Under the Mandate, a Jerusalem physician, a “son of the country”, records beliefs that he sees disappearing before the European school and emigration.Literature
  • Poetryديوان إبراهيمIbrahim Tuqan · 1955not translated into EnglishThe patriotic and love poems of a pioneer of Palestinian national poetry, gathered after his death.LiteraturePublic domain
  • Poetryمواكب الشمسSamih al-Qasim · 1958not translated into EnglishFirst verses of an Arab poet who stayed in Galilee after 1948, written under military rule, and already turned towards the call rather than towards mourning.Literature
  • NovelMen in the Sunرجال في الشمسGhassan Kanafani · 1963Fifteen years after 1948, Palestinian refugees look for work in the oil countries, at the mercy of smugglers.Literature
  • Poetryأشد على أياديكمTawfiq Zayyad · 1966not translated into EnglishThe resistance poems of a poet from Nazareth, several of which became popular songs.Literature
  • NovelThe Secret Life of Saeed the Pessoptimistالوقائع الغريبة في اختفاء سعيد أبي النحس المتشائلEmile Habibi · 1974Around one hundred and fifty thousand Palestinians remained in Israel after 1948, under military administration until 1966: the novel tells of their lives in a satirical mode.Literature
  • NovelWild ThornsالصبارSahar Khalifeh · 1976An activist back in Nablus faces his cousin, a worker in Israel, in the occupied West Bank.Literature
  • CinemaReturn to Haifaعائد إلى حيفاKassem Hawal · 1982The only fiction film made by the cinema of the Palestinian resistance in exile, after a short story by Ghassan Kanafani.Cinema
  • PoetryFewer Rosesورد أقلMahmoud Darwish · 1986When the PLO leaves Lebanon in 1982, Palestinian exile begins again, and the poet writes from Tunis, Nicosia and Paris.Literature
  • Feature filmWedding in Galileeعرس الجليلMichel Khleifi · 1987A village wedding celebrated under the eye of the Israeli military governor, in Galilee.Cinema
  • CinemaChronicle of a Disappearanceسجل اختفاءElia Suleiman · 1996After the assassination of Rabin and the election of Netanyahu, the life of the Palestinians of Israel seen by a mute witness, between burlesque and chronicle.Cinema