Gaza: The Poem Said Its PieceLike Mandelstam, Akhmatova, and Vallejo, Gazan poet Nasser Rabah embodies the magnificent possibilities of the human spirit and imagination under extreme conditions. Born in Gaza in 1963, Rabah spent some of his formative years in Egypt, before returning to Gaza in his early twenties, where he has lived ever since. There, among the generations who built its neighborhoods and populate its villages, in a place of great natural beauty and vibrant cities,

this book shows us the lives of the workers often deliberately concealed from view and the systems of power that determine their future

dan engkau pulang keseorangan

enchant us

as May Sarton has said

accompanied by an enlightening introduction

But in all four accounts

in which the broader relationships between nature and culture are played out on small scale

A collection to savour and inspire

for a fully developed comparative economic science

With meticulous archival research that draws on a wide array of sources—including newspapers

Yet for what must ultimately be psychological reasons

Thapar counters such attempts at misrepresentation by citing several historical instances of the nuanced interface and intermingling of cultures