{"product_id":"of-noble-origins","title":"Of Noble Origins","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eOf Noble Origins\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eSahar Khalifeh\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9789774165429\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eThe American University in Cairo Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2012\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\u003e280\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Palestinian family's struggles with the issues of identity and a contested homeland in post-World War I Palestine under the British Mandate\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Qahtan are a Palestinian family that claims to have originated in the Arabian Peninsula, descended from the family of the Prophet Muhammad. This connection has given its members a certain ascendancy in their society, and has influenced their cultural and political choices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe true test occurs when the Qahtanis, like other Palestinians, confront two enemies after the First World War: the British Mandate and the Zionist movement. Observing the gradual and increasing illegal Jewish immigration and land appropriation, the Palestinians come to realize they have been betrayed by a power that \"fulfilled their promises to the Jews and reneged on their promises to the Arabs.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSahar Khalifeh brings to the forefront the inner conflicts of Palestinian society as it struggles to affirm its cultural and national identity, save its threatened homeland, and maintain a semblance of normalcy in otherwise abnormal circumstances.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"The American University in Cairo Press","offers":[{"title":"Of Noble Origins | Sahar Khalifeh | Paperback | 9789774165429 | New | Fiction 1588407","offer_id":50641419239682,"sku":"1588407","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/91vwDXk12nL.jpg?v=1791237996","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/of-noble-origins","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}