Once upon a Time in Jerusalem by Hamouda Sahar;
Author:Hamouda, Sahar;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Garnet Publishing (UK) Ltd
Published: 2014-07-30T00:00:00+00:00
In my motherâs narrative, there is much use of the superlative. All the men were handsome, all the women were exceedingly beautiful. At times I thought that the narrative was coloured by nostalgia, and that in her memory life was idyllic to the degree that even the people were the most beautiful on earth. But I did see two of the six Hedayeh sisters, a blonde one and a brunette. And yes, it was difficult to decide who was more beautiful: the blonde, blue-eyed Khadijeh, or Omayma with her jet black hair and violet eyes. With the nakba of 1948, some Palestinian families sought refuge in Egypt, Lebanon and Syria, thinking it was a temporary sojourn and that soon they would return home. The
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