{"product_id":"ghassan-kanafani-selected-political-writings","title":"Ghassan Kanafani: Selected Political Writings","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eGhassan Kanafani: Selected Political Writings\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eGhassan Kanafani\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780745349374\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePluto Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2024\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e328\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"No other author has been as profoundly formative for me as Kanafani\" \u003c\/b\u003eMohammed El-Kurd, poet, writer and journalist, author of \u003ci\u003eRifqa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I cannot think of a better collection to guide anyone seeking \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ea moral role in the struggle for the liberation of Palestine\" \u003c\/b\u003eIlan Pappé, historian and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"As relevant today as he was in the 1960s and 1970s\" \u003c\/b\u003eGhassan Abu Sittah, award-winning surgeon, humanitarian, and educator \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Ghassan Kanafani is perhaps the greatest Palestinian novelist whose books, including \u003ci\u003eMen in the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReturning to Haifa, \u003c\/i\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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Featuring new commentary from leading writers, this collection is a testament to Kanafani's continuing relevance. His work remains a vital touchstone for the revolutionary Palestinian struggle and anti-colonial thought. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGhassan Kanafani \u003c\/b\u003eis 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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouis Brehony\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning researcher on political culture, musician, writer and activist. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePalestinian Music in Exile \u003c\/i\u003eand director of the documentary film \u003ci\u003eKofia: A Revolution Through Music\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eTahrir Hamdi\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of Resistance Literature at the Arab Open University, Jordan. She is author of the prizewinning \u003ci\u003eImagining Palestine\u003c\/i\u003e, and assistant editor of \u003ci\u003eArab Studies Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Ghassan Kanafani: Selected Political Writings | Ghassan Kanafani | Paperback | 9780745349374 | New | Politics 1700479","offer_id":50828301697282,"sku":"1700479","price":47.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71NN2608xgL.jpg?v=1792581429","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/ghassan-kanafani-selected-political-writings","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}