Heba Hayek

Autore di Sambac Beneath Unlikely Skies

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Opere di Heba Hayek

Sambac Beneath Unlikely Skies (2021) 3 copie

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Data di nascita: 20th century
Sesso: female
Nazionalità: Palestine
Luogo di nascita: Gaza, Palestine
Luogo di residenza: London, England, UK
Breve biografia: Heba (she/they) is a London-based, Gaza-raised Palestinian author, creative and facilitator. She completed an MFA in Creative Writing at Miami University, Ohio, and studied for an MA in Social Anthropology at SOAS University of London. Rooted in anti-nation-state, decolonial, queer, Afrikan feminist thought, Heba's work navigates topics such as disposability, Global South solidarity movements, land justice, Palestinian drill music, and more.

Heba's first book, Sambac Beneath Unlikely Skies, won the Creative Award in the 2022 Palestine Book Awards and was chosen as a 2021 Book of the Year by The White Review, Middle East Eye and The New Arab.

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Sambac Beneath Unlikely Skies di Heba Hayek

I like that Hayek's book is part memoir, part fiction as it blurs the boundaries of memory and longing. (I'm annoyed that Hayek's book blurs boundaries: where do I shelve auto-fiction! 😠 bookworm dilemmas!)

These are fragmentary stories of life growing up in occupied Palestine and wistful, pained longings for home from exile, snatches of memory possible only because of separation and sanctuary in other countries. It's like sitting at the kitchen table over a coffee while Hayek reminisces about her family's loves and tragedies.… (altro)

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Michael.Rimmer | Aug 23, 2023 |

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