“Extraordinary and amazingly erudite. Hammad shows how art and especially literature can be much, much more revealing than political writing.” —Rashid Khalidi, New York Times bestselling author of The Hundred Years’ War on PalestineFrom the award-winning author of The Parisian and Enter Ghost comes an outstanding essay on the Palestinian struggle and the power of narrativeNine days before October 7, 2023,...

Winner of the Aspen Words Literary PrizeWinner of the Royal Society of Literature's Encore AwardShortlisted for the Women's Prize for FictionA New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book of the Year“Assured and formidable.” — Wall Street JournalAfter years away from her family’s homeland, and reeling from a disastrous love affair, actress Sonia Nasir returns to Haifa to visit her older sis...

WINNER OF THE SUE KAUFMAN PRIZE FOR FICTIONWINNER OF A BETTY TRASK AWARDWINNER OF A PALESTINE BOOK AWARDNational Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree“Superb . . . The Parisian makes history, and its actors, live once again.”—Boston GlobeA masterful debut novel by Plimpton Prize winner Isabella Hammad, The Parisian illuminates a pivotal ...

After years away from her family’s homeland, and reeling from a disastrous love affair, actress Sonia Nasir returns to Haifa to visit her older sister Haneen. This is her first trip back since the second intifada and the deaths of their grandparents: while Haneen made a life here commuting toTel Aviv to teach at the university, Sonia remained in London to focus on her acting career and now dissolute marriage. On her return, she finds her relationship to Palestine is fragile, both bo...

A masterful debut novel by Plimpton Prize winner Isabella Hammad, The Parisian illuminates a pivotal period of Palestinian history through the journey and romances of one young man, from his studies in France during World War I to his return to Palestine at the dawn of its battle for independence. Midhat Kamal is the son of a wealthy textile merchant from Nablus, a town in Ottoman Palestine. A dreamer, a romantic, an aesthete, in 1914 he leaves to study medicine in France, and falls in lov...

Nine days before October 7, 2023, award-winning author Isabella Hammad delivered the Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture at Columbia University. The text of Hammad’s seminal speech and her afterword, written in the early weeks of 2024, together make up a searing appraisal of the war on Palestine during what seems a turning point in the narrative of human history. Profound and moving, Hammad writes from within the moment, shedding light on the Palestinian struggle for freedom. Recognizing the S...