Prisoner of Love by Jean Genet

Author:Jean Genet
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: New York Review Books
Published: 2023-04-22T12:27:20+00:00

1. The Palestinians, who were often invited to China, will quote the Thoughts of Mao at me; one of those most frequently quoted refers to women as “half of the stars.”

2. Palestine Liberation Army.

3. The Muslim counterpart to the Red Cross.

4. Mary of the Seven Swords, stepdaughter of Lady Music. (The Satin Shoe, Paul Claudel).

5. The secret police of the kingdom of Jordan.

6. Palestine Liberation Army. Not to be confused with the Palestine Liberation Organization, led by Yasser Arafat.

7. Leila told me that in fact many soldiers and officers deserted. But how many is many?

8. Is this a legend? Ataturk was almost taken prisoner because he spoke Arabic so badly. And I’ve heard he couldn’t understand it very well, either.

9. The still numerous Hussein family are connected only distantly, if at all, with the present King of Jordan, though both the Palestinian and the Hejazi families claim to be “Ashraf”—that is, descended from the Prophet.

10. Palestinian.

11. El Kods = Jerusalem in Arabic.

12. The PLO had agreed with Hussein that a Palestinian militia should remain, but with their weapons discreetly hidden. We were meeting in the cave, so that Mahjoub could make this clear to the stubborn fedayeen, for whom a weapon not brandished aloft lost its power: what Mahjoub was suggesting was almost as painful to them as being asked to shave off their moustaches.

13. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

14. Literally, pale bastard.

15. Muche is slang for hiding-place.

16. An elite commando force.

17. Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

18. Central Committee of the Organization for the Liberation of Palestine.

19. National Liberation Front.

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