Support Palestinian women writers! “Al-Khawaja”—a new book release in Arabic from Fida Jiryis [Recommended]

Dear friends,

Those of you who know me personally know how much I respect the written word. It is in this spirit that I write you as part of my ongoing efforts to support Palestinian culture and arts, especially writing, and more specifically women writers.

One of the up and coming woman writers whom I’m supporting is Fida Jiryis. Fida is from the Palestinian village of Fassouta, near the border with Lebanon. She is a dear friend and dedicated colleague.

Fida recently wrote this article about Palestinians living in Israel. A few years back, she and I penned this joint piece about Land Day in Haaretz.

Fida’s second Arabic collection of short stories, titled Al-Khawaja, has just been released by a publisher in Haifa, Kul Shee Library. It is getting rave reviews.

AL-KHAWAJA is a sequel to Fida’s first book of short stories titled Hayatuna Elsagheera (“حياتنا الصغيرة” in Arabic or “Our Small Life”). Both books depict daily life in a Palestinian village in the Galilee, which could be a village anywhere in the world. With wit, humor and an always present sense of reality, Fida brings villagers and their daily trials and tribulations to life in a light, comic setting.

Learn more at: http://bit.ly/al-khawaja.

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