{"product_id":"ghassan-kanafani-von-ghassan-kanafani","title":"Ghassan Kanafani","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"No other author has been as profoundly formative for me as Kanafani\" \u003c\/strong\u003eMohammed El-Kurd, poet, writer and journalist, author of \u003cem\u003eRifqa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I cannot think of a better collection to guide anyone seeking \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ea moral role in the struggle for the liberation of Palestine\" \u003c\/strong\u003eIlan Pappé, historian and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"As relevant today as he was in the 1960s and 1970s\" \u003c\/strong\u003eGhassan Abu Sittah, award-winning surgeon, humanitarian and educator\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGhassan Kanafani is perhaps the greatest Palestinian novelist, whose books including \u003cem\u003eMen in the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eReturning to Haifa\u003c\/em\u003e documented the horrors of war and occupation. He was also a leading political thinker, strategist and revolutionary. Here, his writings on politics, history, national liberation and the media are collected in English for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing new commentary from leading writers, this collection is a testament to Kanafani's continuing relevance. His work remains a vital touchstone for revolutionary Palestinian struggle and anti-colonial thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGhassan Kanafani \u003c\/strong\u003eis one of the most well-known Arab writers and journalists of the past century. Born in Palestine in 1936, Kanafani and his family were forced to flee his homeland during the Nakba - after which he lived and worked in Damascus, Kuwait and finally, from 1960, Beirut. Kanafani was assassinated in 1972 by a car bomb planted by Israeli agents. His writings have inspired generations of Palestinians and those standing in solidarity with their cause.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLouis Brehony\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning researcher on political culture, musician, writer and activist. He is the author of \u003cem\u003ePalestinian Music in Exile \u003c\/em\u003eand director of the documentary film \u003cem\u003eKofia: A Revolution Through Music\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003eTahrir Hamdi\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Professor of Resistance Literature at the Arab Open University, Jordan. She is author of the prizewinning \u003cem\u003eImagining Palestine\u003c\/em\u003e, and assistant editor of \u003cem\u003eArab Studies Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9780745349374\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSelected Political Writings\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9780745349374","offer_id":53743211151685,"sku":"9780745349374","price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/d0148487-f1ff-41f1-a42b-5981f66a75b5.jpg?v=1780805183","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/ghassan-kanafani-von-ghassan-kanafani","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}