Monday, October 27th
walk-in 19:00, event starts at 19:30 until ~21:30
Language: English
Entry: €6 (or a copy of the book)
Join us for our monthly Palestine Book Club! The book discussed is “Mornings in Jening” by Susan Abulhawa.
Savannah Bay launched a book club on the topic of Palestine in collaboration with Podium voor Palestina. From fiction to non-fiction, every last Monday of the month we will come together to discuss books about Palestine.
This book discussion will be on the 27th of October, about “Morning in Jenin” by Susan Abulhawa, a heartwrenching novel of love and loss, war and oppression, spanning five countries, four generations, and one of the most intractable conflicts of our lifetime.
The bookclub is not a year-month-long commitment, feel free to join any month you like! It is also okay if you have not read the book and would just like to join the conversation. There will be snacks and drinks available.
Entry is either €6 , or you can buy a copy of the book as entry. Sign up below!
Book description:
In the refugee camp of Jenin, Amal is born into a world of loss—of home, country, and heritage. Her Palestinian family was driven from their ancestral village by the newly formed state of Israel in 1948. As the villagers fled that day, Amal’s older brother, just a baby, was stolen away by an Israeli soldier. In Jenin, the adults subsist on memories, waiting to return to the homes they love. Amal’s mother has walled away her heart with grief, and her father labors all day. But in the fleeting peacefulness of dawn, he reads to his young daughter daily, and she can feel his love for her, “as big as the ocean and all its fishes.” On those quiet mornings, they dream together of a brighter future.
This is Amal’s story, the story of one family’s struggle and survival through over sixty years of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, carrying us from Jenin to Jerusalem, to Lebanon and the anonymity of America. It is a story shaped by scars and fear, but also by the transformative intimacy of marriage and the fierce protectiveness of motherhood. It is a story of faith, forgiveness, and life-sustaining love.
Mornings in Jenin is haunting and heart-wrenching, a novel of vital contemporary importance. Lending human voices to the headlines, it forces us to take a fresh look at one of the defining political conflicts of our lifetimes.
Sign up for the monthly Palestine book club here!
Naast de mooiste Nederlandse en Engelstalige literatuur vind je bij ons de leukste cadeautjes, een uitgebreide selectie aan poëzie en de belangrijkste boeken over LHBTQIA+, genderstudies, dekolonisatie, natuur & klimaat.