Edition · week of 12 October 2026
Words that travelled
Writers whose books crossed borders that their authors could not.
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Face of the week · from 12 October
Ghassan Fayiz Kanafani
A refugee at twelve, he wrote Men in the Sun and Returning to Haifa, then was killed at thirty-six.
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Literatureb. 1941Mahmoud Darwish
Defining poet of Palestinian resistance
Al-Birwa, Palestine
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Literatureb. 1970Susan Abulhawa
Pioneering Palestinian writer, activist, and advocate for women's rights.
Kuwait, Born to Palestinian refugees displaced by the 1967 War, grew up in Kuwait and Jordan
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Literatureb. 1977Tameem Al-Barghouthi
Voice of Palestine, acclaimed poet, academic, and political scientist.
Cairo, Egypt
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Literatureb. 1974Adania Shibli
Literary voice of Palestine
Palestine
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