Jerusalem Stands Alone

194 Pages·2018·2.45 MB·English

by  Mahmoud Shukair

Jerusalem Stands Alone
Middle East Literature in Translation
Michael Beard and Adnan Haydar, Series Editors
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Sahar Mandour; Nicole Fares, trans.
Jerusalem
Stands
Alone
Mahmoud Shukair
Translated from the Arabic by
Nicole Fares
Syracuse University Press
Copyright © 2018 by Nicole Fares
Syracuse University Press
Syracuse, New York 13244-5290
All Rights Reserved
First Edition 2018
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Originally published in Arabic as Al-Quds wahda-hâ hunâk
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(Beirut: Hachette Antoine, 2010).
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ISBN: 978-0-8156-1103-5 (paperback)
978-0-8156-5446-9 (e-book)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Shuqayr, Mahmūd author. | Fares, Nicole translator.
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Title: Jerusalem stands alone / Mahmoud Shukair ; translated from
the Arabic by Nicole Fares.
Other titles: Quds wahdahā hunāk. English
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Description: First edition. | Syracuse : Syracuse University Press,
2018. | Series: Middle East literature in translation
Identifiers: LCCN 2018001310 (print) | LCCN 2018005385
(ebook) | ISBN 9780815654469 (e-book) | ISBN 9780815611035
(pbk. : alk. paper)
Classification: LCC PJ7862.H854 (ebook) | LCC PJ7862.H854
Q3713 2018 (print) | DDC 892.7/803—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018001310
Manufactured in the United States of America
froM the author
To Jerusalem, the city that taught me to love.
froM the tranSlator
To my husband, William Quinto.

Contents
Acknowledgments | ix
Jerusalem Stands Alone | 1
Afterword | 173

Acknowledgments
a Special t hankS to my dear friend, Sara Ramey,
whose advice and insight has been indispensable to this
novel. Thank you for your time and honesty. And to my
parents and brother, whose love and support sustained
me throughout.
Nicole Fares
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