A heart-wrenching, powerfully written novel, "Mornings in Jenin" tells of the Abulhega family, who is forced from the ancient village of Ein Hod into a refugee camp by the newly formed state of Israel in 1948.
With more than a million copies sold worldwide, a modern classic of Palestinian literature from "a major writer of our time" (Alice Walker). "Timeless in its truth."-Fattima Bhutto "Powerful and passionate."-Michael Palin "A novel to savor."-Maureen Corrigan "Relevant, powerful, emotional and vivid."-Bidisha Mamat Mornings in Jenin is a heart-wrenching multi-generational account of one family's struggle and survival through the decades before and after Zionist colonization and theft of Palestine. Carrying us from Ein Hod to Jenin to Jerusalem, to Lebanon, then to the anonymity of America and finally back to Occupied Palestine, it is a novel of vital importance, "[affirming] all that is enduring and valuable in the undefeated human spirit" (Hanan Ashrawi). "Affects me emotionally in a way only great novels can."-Henning Mankell "Achingly beautiful."-Saleem Haddad "When we grow numb to horror, when our minds slam shut in shock and denial, sometimes a story can slip to reawaken our humanity. This is that story, never more relevant."-Laline Paull
With more than a million copies sold worldwide, a modern classic of Palestinian literature from "a major writer of our time" (Alice Walker). "Timeless in its truth."-Fattima Bhutto "Powerful and passionate."-Michael Palin "A novel to savor."-Maureen Corrigan "Relevant, powerful, emotional and vivid."-Bidisha Mamat Mornings in Jenin is a heart-wrenching multi-generational account of one family's struggle and survival through the decades before and after Zionist colonization and theft of Palestine. Carrying us from Ein Hod to Jenin to Jerusalem, to Lebanon, then to the anonymity of America and finally back to Occupied Palestine, it is a novel of vital importance, "[affirming] all that is enduring and valuable in the undefeated human spirit" (Hanan Ashrawi). "Affects me emotionally in a way only great novels can."-Henning Mankell "Achingly beautiful."-Saleem Haddad "When we grow numb to horror, when our minds slam shut in shock and denial, sometimes a story can slip to reawaken our humanity. This is that story, never more relevant."-Laline Paull







