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The Airport Prisoner

The Airport Prisoner

From: Man at the Airport

Trapped at the airport for six months, Al Kontar connects with Nuseir Yassin, a social media content creator with millions of followers. 10 $1.00 Add
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The Homeland is Where None of This Can Happen

The Homeland is Where None of This Can Happen

From: Pay No Heed to the Rockets

This chapter describes the experiences of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish from the 1940s to the present. 25 $2.50 Add
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The Olive Farm

The Olive Farm

From: Man at the Airport

In the opening chapter, Al Kontar reflects on the Syrian Civil War and his childhood on an olive farm in Sweida. 7 $0.70 Add
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Three: Crossing the Mediterranean

Three: Crossing the Mediterranean

From: The Imperilled Ocean

In readings from this book Journalist Lauren Trethewey explores stories about the many ways in which people around the world interact with the ocean. In this chapter Trethewey provides the … 28 $2.80 Add
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To Breathe Life Into a Name

To Breathe Life Into a Name

From: Pay No Heed to the Rockets

In this chapter, the author travels to Jerusalem and meets with several writers and poets living in the divided city. He explores what the city means to the Palestinian people through their writing. 34 $3.40 Add
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Two Faces

Two Faces

From: Man at the Airport

This chapter details the author’s experiences in Abu Dhabi and Dubai as he tried to make friends and find work. He was in the UAE when the conflict in Syria began. 15 $1.50 Add
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What Is It with the Media!

What Is It with the Media!

From: Man at the Airport

In this chapter, Al Kontar discusses the media’s reaction to his social media campaign, and how the Western and Arab media organizations differed in their coverage. 13 $1.30 Add
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Whenever My Sore Heart Gets Hungry

Whenever My Sore Heart Gets Hungry

The Quest for Land

From: Pay No Heed to the Rockets

In this chapter, the author explores the evolution and current situation of the Palestinian poetry scene. He meets and talks to several poets living and working in Palestine. 49 $4.90 Add
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Where Does Hope Come From?

Where Does Hope Come From?

From: From Bombs to Books

Ziad Abo Nofel writes a brief account of growing up in Iraq, the American invasion and moving to a refugee camp between Iraq and Syria for six years before finally moving to Canada. 4 $0.40 Add
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White Birds and Machine Guns

White Birds and Machine Guns

From: From Bombs to Books

Describes the experience of a woman from Kabul who’s first memories are of war, first with the Russian and then the Mujahedeen before escaping to a refugee camp in Pakistan. She was … 16 $1.60 Add
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You're a Celebrity Now

You’re a Celebrity Now

From: Man at the Airport

In this chapter, Al Kontar writes about his growing fame, and his interactions with people whose interest in him was motivated by selfish reasons. 11 $1.10 Add
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Zionism

Zionism

From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East

Chapter Two focuses on the roots of political Zionism. Since its creation by Theodor Herzl, Zionism has envisaged a return to an imagined glorious past. The distinguishing feature of political … 11 $1.10 Add