Books by Suad Amiry

Suad Amiry traces the lives of individual members of Palestinian families and, through them, the histories of both Palestine and the emigre Palestinian community in other countries of the Middle East. Amiry mixes nostalgia with anger while mocking Israeli doublespeak that seeks to wipe out any trace of a Palestinian past in West Jerusalem. She juxtaposes serial bombardments and personal tragedies; evokes the sights and smells of Palestinian architecture and food; and weaves for us the tapestry that is the Palestinian reality, caught between official histories and private memories. Through poetry and prose, monologue and dialogue, we glimpse the lost Palestinian landscape, obscured by the silent battle between remembering and forgetting.

Surprisingly funny and refreshingly different from any other writings on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Sharon and My Mother in Law describes Suad Amiry's experience of living on the West Bank from the early eighties to the present. Tells about the life and neighbourhood gossip, family history and the struggle to live a normal life.