{"product_id":"ghassan-kanafani-selected-political-writings","title":"Ghassan Kanafani: Selected Political Writings","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“No other author has been as profoundly formative for me as Kanafani”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Mohammed El-Kurd, poet, writer and journalist, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRifqa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“I cannot think of a better collection to guide anyone seeking a moral role in the struggle for the liberation of Palestine”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Ilan Pappé, historian and author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“As relevant today as he was in the 1960s and 1970s”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Ghassan Abu Sittah, award-winning surgeon, humanitarian and educator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGhassan Kanafani is perhaps the greatest Palestinian novelist, whose books including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMen in the Sun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eReturning to Haifa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e documented the horrors of war and occupation. He was also a leading political thinker, strategist and revolutionary. Here, his writings on politics, history, national liberation and the media are collected in English for the first time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeaturing new commentary from leading writers, this collection is a testament to Kanafani’s continuing relevance. His work remains a vital touchstone for revolutionary Palestinian struggle and anti-colonial thought.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGhassan Kanafani\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is one of the most well-known Arab writers and journalists of the past century. Born in Palestine in 1936, Kanafani and his family were forced to flee his homeland during the Nakba – after which he lived and worked in Damascus, Kuwait and finally, from 1960, Beirut. Kanafani was assassinated in 1972 by a car bomb planted by Israeli agents. His writings have inspired generations of Palestinians and those standing in solidarity with their cause.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLouis Brehony\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an award-winning researcher on political culture, musician, writer and activist. He is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePalestinian Music in Exile\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and director of the documentary film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKofia: A Revolution Through Music\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTahrir Hamdi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a Professor of Resistance Literature at the Arab Open University, Jordan. She is author of the prizewinning \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eImagining Palestine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and assistant editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eArab Studies Quarterly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"javascript:void(0)\" role=\"button\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-declarative\" data-a-expander-toggle='{\"allowLinkDefault\":true, \"expand_prompt\":\"Read more\", \"collapse_prompt\":\"Read less\"}'\u003e\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50548219019549,"sku":"9780745349374","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9780745349374.jpg?v=1761676115","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/ghassan-kanafani-selected-political-writings","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}