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Mornings in Jenin, Susan Abulhawa

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Mornings in Jenin

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Susan Abulhawa

Explores how several generations of one Palestinian family cope with the loss of their land after the 1948 creation of Israel and their subsequent life in Palestine, which is often marred by war and violence

Part I: El nakba (the catastrophe) -- The harvest -- Ari Perlstein -- The no-good Bedouin girl -- As they left -- "Ibni! Ibni!" -- Yehya's return -- Amal is born -- Part II: El naksa (the disaster) -- As big as the ocean and all its fishes -- June in the kitchen hole -- Forty days later -- Part III: The scar of David -- A secret, like a butterfly -- Yousef, the son -- Moshe's beautiful demon -- Yousef, the man -- Yousef, the prisoner -- The brothers meet again -- Yousef, the fighter -- Beyond the first row of trees -- Yousef leaves -- Heroes -- Tapered endings -- Leaving Jenin -- The orphanage -- Part IV: El ghurba (state of being a stranger) -- America -- The telephone call from Yousef -- Part V: Albi fi Beirut (my heart in Beirut) -- Majid -- The letter -- "Yes" -- Love -- A story of forever -- Philadelphia, again -- A story of forever, forever untold -- Pity the nation -- Helpless -- The month of flowers -- Yousef, the avenger -- Part VI: Elly bayna (what there is between us) -- A woman of walls -- Here, there, and yon -- The telephone call from David -- David and me -- David's gift -- My brother, David -- Part VII: Baladi (my country) -- Dr. Ari Perlstein -- Hold me, Jenin -- Part VIII: Nihaya o bidaya (an end and a beginning) -- For the love of daughters -- Pieces of God -- Yousef, the cost of Palestine -- Author's note