Forgotten

“A heartbreaking, hopeful look at how Palestinian culture endures in spite of the occupation and the Israeli government’s attempts to remove all traces of it from the land that they ‘share unequally.’” —Irish Times

“Part travelogue, part historical recounting, the slim but profound book follows Shehadeh and Johnson…as they venture out from their home in Ramallah, in the West Bank…The argument that the erasure of Palestinian villages and historical sites is an attempt to divorce Palestinians from both their cultural memory and their historical connection to the land is not a new one. Shehadeh and Johnson’s search, however, manages to show, rather than tell, just how effective that erasure has been.” —New Statesman

Praise for Raja Shehadeh:

“Palestine’s greatest prose writer.” —The Observer

“Shehadeh is a great inquiring spirit with a tone that is vivid, ironic, melancholy, and wise.” —Colm Tóibín

“Raja Shehadeh is a buoy in a sea of bleakness.” —Rachel Kushner