{"product_id":"tasting-the-sky-a-palestinian-childhood-by-ibtisam-barakat","title":"Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood by Ibtisam Barakat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWatan offers a curated selection of used Palestinian books, ranging from works of non-fiction to prose, poetry to novels, and more. This offering is an extension of our Palestinian Women's Library (available for free use at our Orland Park location).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\"When a war ends it does not go away,\" my mother says.\"It hides inside us . . . Just forget!\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBut I do not want to do what Mother says... I want to remember.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this groundbreaking memoir set in Ramallah during the aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War, Ibtisam Barakat captures what it is like to be a child whose world is shattered by war. With candor and courage, she stitches together memories of her childhood: fear and confusion as bombs explode near her home and she is separated from her family; the harshness of life in the Middle East as a Palestinian refugee; her unexpected joy when she discovers Alef, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet. This is the beginning of her passionate connection to words, and as language becomes her refuge, allowing her to piece together the fragments of her world, it becomes her true home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranscending the particulars of politics, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis an illuminating and timely book that provides a telling glimpse into a part of the Middle East that has become an increasingly important part of the puzzle of world peace.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBOOK CONDITION: NEW\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"watanpalestine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43289221595299,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0265\/2838\/3021\/products\/81t_3-23qzL._AC_UF1000_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1678482373","url":"https:\/\/watanpalestine.com\/ar\/products\/tasting-the-sky-a-palestinian-childhood-by-ibtisam-barakat","provider":"WATAN STUDIO","version":"1.0","type":"link"}