Eastern neighborhood, authored by Mansour Al Mansour

The novel Al-Hayy Al-Sharqi by Syrian novelist Mansour Al-Mansour discusses the crisis of displacement and integration in new societies as well as the disturbed identities and cultures resulting from differences between the East and the West, specifically in Sweden, the country where the author was displaced. I am a member of the generation of migrant children. I was born and raised here, and I have no sense of belonging to any homeland. The original homeland of my father, mother, and ancestors is a series of stories I heard from them, memories told during times of boredom, where the night here in winter exceeds 16 hours. These memories shaped in my imagination a homeland, but it remained an imaginary homeland, like Facebook friends' connections. I feel I have no roots pulling me to any geographical spot as my homeland. Number of pages: 370