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A writer caught between two lives, two languages, two women -
Palestinian stories on fictional attempts to escape the reality of life under occupation -
Life in a Palestinian village that suddenly becomes a border town in 1948 -
What would happen if all the Palestinians in Israel suddenly disappeared? -
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Palestine
Palestinian literature is an integral part of the Arabic language literary production. Around and following the Nakba in 1948 a remarkable period of literary creativity began. The LEILA jury shines a spotlight on contemporary authors from Palestine, including stories about the lives of Palestinian women living in a refugee camp, the fate of a Palestinian village that suddenly becomes a border town in 1948, and a tale imagining what would happen if all Palestinians living in Israel suddenly disappeared.
