{"product_id":"sumud","title":"Sumud","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Malu Halasa, Jordan Elgrably\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Seven Stories Press, 2025-01-21\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;An anthology that celebrates the power of culture in Palestinian resistance, with selections of memoir, short stories, essays, book reviews, personal narrative, poetry, and art.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Includes twenty-five black-and-white illustrations by Palestinian artists.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;The Arabic word \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;sumūd\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; is often loosely translated as “steadfastness” or “standing fast.” It is, above all, a Palestinian cultural value of everyday perseverance in the face of Israeli occupation. \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Sumūd\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; is both a personal and collective commitment; people determine their own lives, despite the environment of constant oppressions imposed upon them. \u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;This anthology spans the 20th and 21st centuries of Palestinian cultural history, and highlights writing from 2021–2024. The collection of writing and art features work from forty-six contributors including:\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;ul\u0026gt;\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Dispatches from Hossam Madhoun, co-founder of Gaza's Theatre for Everybody, as he survives the post-October 2023 war on Gaza;\u0026lt;\/li\u0026gt;\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Novelist Ahmed Masoud with “Application 39,” a sci-fi short story about a Dystopian bid for the Olympics;\u0026lt;\/li\u0026gt;\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Sara Roy and Ivar Ekeland with “The New Politics of Exclusion: Gaza as Prologue,” an analysis of Israel’s divide and conquer policies of fragmentation;\u0026lt;\/li\u0026gt;\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Historian Ilan Pappé with a review of Tahrir Hamdi’s book, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Imagining Palestine\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;, in which he unpacks the relationship between culture and resistance;\u0026lt;\/li\u0026gt;\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Essayist Lina Mounzer with “Palestine and the Unspeakable,” an offering on the language used to dehumanize Palestinians;\u0026lt;\/li\u0026gt;\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;And poetry by the next generation of poets who have inherited the mantle of the late Mahmoud Darwish (1941–2008).\u0026lt;\/li\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/ul\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;The essays, stories, poetry, art and personal narrative collected in \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Sumūd: A New Palestinian Reader\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; is a rich riposte to those who would denigrate Palestinians’ aspirations for a homeland. It also serves as a timely reminder of culture’s power and importance during occupation and war.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47085099516073,"sku":"PHBK-9781644214459","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/11048923482773.jpg?v=1779806098","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/sumud","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}