I saw Ramallah | Mourid Barghouti the extraordinary places we pray achingly dull

achingly dull

her doll Gurya will follow

Imprint: Olive Branch Press

With her new backpack and light-up shoes

I saw Ramallah | Mourid Barghouti the extraordinary places we pray achingly dullWINNER OF THE NAGUIB MAHFOUZ MEDAL FOR LITERATURE A fierce and moving work and an unparalleled rendering of the human aspects of the Palestinian predicament. Barred from his homeland after 1967s Six Day War, the poet Mourid Barghouti spent thirty years in exileshuttling among the worlds cities, yet secure in none of them; separated from his family for years at a time; never certain whether he was a visitor, a refugee, a citizen, or a guest. As he