The Inheritance Sahar Khalifeh Aida Bamia Translation by Sahar Khalifeh, Aida Bamia (translation) 9781617972102, 161797210X instant download after payment.

In this powerful novel, acclaimed Palestinian author Sahar Khalifeh examines the stark realities in the lives of Palestinian women. Through her protagonist, Zeynab, born to an American mother & a Palestinian father, Khalifeh illuminates the disorienting experience of living between two worlds, & the search for identity that mirrors the Palestinians' own quest for nationhood. Set against the emotionally charged background of the early 1990s when the Gulf War & the Oslo Accords fundamentally shifted the political landscape The Inheritance takes as its subject the fate of young Palestinian women who supported their families for decades working elsewhere in the Middle East. In vivid prose, Khalifeh traces the disruption caused by the Gulf War on the life of these women, as Zeynab returns to her homeland & tries to adapt to her new life on the West Bank after years spent in Kuwait. 

In her previous novels, Sahar Khalifeh has established herself as the premier female novelist of the Palestinian diaspora; with The Inheritance, she breaks new ground in giving voice to these Palestinian women & their return from economic exile. With its critical portrayal of the Palestinian Authority, its mistakes, & limitations, The Inheritance offers a surprising look at the realities of Palestinian life & society. As the story of an immigrant torn between two cultures & struggling to adapt to both, Zeynab's tale touches on universal themes that will resonate with readers everywhere.

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Sahar Khalifeh was born in Nablus in 1941 & is the author of 8 novels, including Of Noble Origins (AUC Press, 2012) & The Image, the Icon, & the Covenant (AUC Press, 2007), for which she was awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature in 2006. She holds a PhD in women’s studies & American literature from the U. of Iowa. 

Aida Bamia is a literary translator & professor emeritus of Arabic language & literature at the U. of Florida.