02657cam a2200361 4500 1161797507 TxAuBib 20240304120000.0 230704s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023029788 9781503628397 hardcover 1503628396 hardcover (OCoLC)1373013541 TxAuBib Hermez, Sami, 1977- My brother, my land : a story from Palestine / Sami Hermez, with Sireen Sawalha. Story from Palestine. Stanford, California : Redwood Press, [2024] xiv, 296 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical table, maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references. Prologue -- "Mother is going to give birth" -- "Don't leave me here" -- A promise and a pledge -- "Hold onto me" -- Return. In 1967, Sireen Sawalha's mother, with her young children, walked back to Palestine against the traffic of exile. My Brother, My Land is the story of Sireen's family in the decades that followed and their lives in the Palestinian village of Kufr Ra'i. From Sireen's early life growing up in the shadow of the '67 War and her family's work as farmers caring for their land, to the involvement of her brother Iyad in armed resistance in the First and Second Intifada, Sami Hermez, with Sireen Sawalha, crafts a rich story of intertwining voices, mixing genres of oral history, memoir, and creative nonfiction. Through the lives of the Sawalha family, and the story of Iyad's involvement in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hermez confronts readers with the politics and complexities of armed resistance and the ethical tensions and contradictions that arise, as well as with the dispossession and suffocation of people living under occupation and their ordinary lives in such times. Whether this story leaves readers discomforted, angry, or empowered, they will certainly emerge with a deeper understanding of the Palestinian predicament-- Provided by publisher. 20240304. Sawalha, Sireen, 1966- Family. Palestinian Arabs West Bank Biography. Palestinian Arabs. Arab-Israeli conflict Personal narratives, Palestinian. Arab-Israeli conflict Occupied territories History. Arab-Israeli conflict. West Bank. fast Sawalha, Sireen, 1966- Hermez, Sami Samir, 1977-, Stanford, California : Redwood Press, 2024.