Songs for the Dead and the Living
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Songs for the Dead and the Living
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Narrated by:
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Nisrine Amine
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By:
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Sara Saleh
About this listen
When the ground beneath your feet is always shifting, how can you ever know where you belong?
Jamilah has always believed she knows where her home is: in a house above a paint shop on the outskirts of Beirut, with her large chaotic, loving family. But she soon learns that as Palestinian refugees, her family's life in Lebanon is precarious, and they must try to blend in even as they fight to retain their identity. When conflict comes to Beirut, Jamilah's world fractures, and the family is forced to flee to Cairo: another escape, and another slip further away from Palestine, the homeland to which they cannot return. In the end, Jamilah will have to choose between holding on to everything she knows and pursuing a life she can truly call her own.
Songs for the Dead and the Living is a coming-of-age tale played out across generations and continents, from Palestine to Australia. Through stunning prose, acclaimed writer and human-rights activist Sara M Saleh offers a breathtaking portrait of the fragilities and flaws of family in the wake of war, and the love it takes to overcome great loss.
©2023 Sara M. Saleh (P)2023 W. F. Howes LtdWhat listeners say about Songs for the Dead and the Living
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- Emile
- 17-06-2024
Loved it
This book resonate with many Palestinians around the world and gives a better picture of what they have endured for generations. My family are Nakba survivors, lived in Lebanese refugee camps, before getting work in Qatar, they use to hide their Palestinian background. I found myself feeling struck by longing or in utter sadness listening to the book, the similarity of what my family went through despite not being Muslims, the common factor is being Palestinian was enough to be discriminated against!
Love the book and would recommend it! Thank you for writing it!
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-03-2024
amazing
beautiful, heartbreaking yet full of joy. an absolute pleasure to listen to stories across generations.
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- Lyn Bender
- 04-04-2024
Insight into another world
Very powerful narrative about displacement and identity. Particularly relevant to todays crisis. How we fail to comprehend what generations of being refugees can undermine the psyche. Plus the extraordinary resilience of Jamilla. This book reflects with honesty the conflicts from within communities as well as the horror of fleeing wars and the loss of loved ones.
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