The Tantoura - Radwa Ashour

It is an important work, and a rare boldness.... Whoever reads this book knows what the Nakba means, and what the loss of the homeland means, and what refuge means, and what life in refuge on the land of the homeland itself means, before seeking refuge elsewhere. It is a pyramid of people's stories. The Lebanese historian. Dr. Bayan Nweihid Al-Hout. Al-Safir newspaper. Radhwa Ashour's beautiful new novel, Al-Tantouriya, is... of this rare type of novels that enriches your reading experience without needing to read many diverse references about Palestine....: its history, its villages, the suffering and resilience of its people, its popular sayings, its language, its songs and chants, its trees, crops, and produce, its symbols, and what happened to its people who were forced to flee through violence, brutality, ethnic cleansing, and killing. Dr. Sabri Hafez. Al-Shorouk newspaper. In the novel Al-Tantouriya, Radhwa Ashour does not only tell the story of Ruqayya but also achieves a clear victory through narration, settling a conflict over the land, its space. A novel that helps us discover, learn our history, who we are, and what we want, because when we know, we can. Dr. Karma Sami. Al-Ahram newspaper.