In the 77 years since the formation of Israel, there have been no clear answers. The newest plan for its future envisions another gleaming city in the desert, one that is being called a “Riviera of ...
The premise of Azem's 2014 novel The Book of Disappearance, released in English last year, is not only outrageous but also eerily real at the moment.
At a time when the conflict in Gaza is spinning out of control, Ibtisam Azem’s audacious 'The Book of Disappearance' asks what would happen if all the Palestinians in the area vanished overnight.
The Palestinian novel 'The Book of Disappearance' by Ibtisam Azem has been longlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize. Read More: Indian Films and Series Coming to Netflix This Year The ...
In February, the much-awaited 2025 International Booker Prize was announced and to our delight, one of the thirteen titles selected for the list was The Book of Disappearance by Palestinian author, ...
And Other Stories has acquired The Book of Disappearance by Palestinian novelist and journalist Ibtisam Azem, translated from Arabic by Sinan Antoon. Senior editor Tara Tobler bought UK, Europe and ...
“I wish you were here. Missing you is like a rose of thorns.” The book opens with a journal entry by Alaa, the narrator of the story, chronicling his grandmother’s lived experiences in Palestine ...
Suicide, bombings, and a children’s game of war feature in this excerpt set in Gaza, from a book longlisted for the International Booker Prize. Yesterday marked twenty days since they bombed Gaza.