{"product_id":"the-revolution-of-1936-1939-in-palestine-by-ghassan-kanafani","title":"The Revolution of 1936–1939 in Palestine: Background, Details, and Analysis by Ghassan Kanafani \u0026 translated by Hazam Jamjoum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA radical analysis of Palestinian resistance from one of their most influential voices.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRevisit Ghassan Kanafani's pivotal text in a new English edition. Kanafani presents a concrete analysis of the mass uprisings against Zionism, and for independence from British colonialism, taking place in Palestine from 1936 to 1939. With a methodical yet illustrative approach, Kanafani examines the economic, political, social, and cultural conditions that contributed to, and limited, the anti-colonial struggle in this period.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGHASSAN KANAFANI \u003c\/strong\u003e(1936-1972) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas a Palestinian novelist, journalist, and political activist, born in Acre. Forced to flee during the Nakba, he lived and worked in Damascus, Kuwait, and finally Beirut, where his experience of exile deeply shaped his literature. His novels, including \u003cem\u003eMen in the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eReturning to Haifa\u003c\/em\u003e, documented the horrors of war and occupation, and he is widely credited with pioneering the concept of Palestinian \"resistance literature.\" He was assassinated in Beirut in 1972 by a car bomb planted by israeli Mossad, at the age of 36.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Translator\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHAZEM JAMJOUM\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a candidate for the Doctor of Philosophy in History and Middle Eastern Studies degree at New York University. His first literary translation of Maya Abu al-Hayyat's La Ahad Ya'rif Zumrat Damih received PEN America's nomination to the New York State Council for the Arts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Booktique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46148597186620,"sku":null,"price":32.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/4879\/8012\/files\/81X0Qog3gOL._AC_UF1000_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1789075081","url":"https:\/\/www.booktique.ca\/products\/the-revolution-of-1936-1939-in-palestine-by-ghassan-kanafani","provider":"Booktique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}