Adania Shibli

Minor Detail

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Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn as the Nakba — the catastrophe that led to the displacement and expulsion of more than 700,000 people — and the Israelis celebrate as the War of Independence. Israeli soldiers capture and rape a young Palestinian woman, and kill and bury her in the sand. Many years later, a woman in Ramallah becomes fascinated to the point of obsession with this 'minor detail' of history. A haunting meditation on war, violence and memory, Minor Detail cuts to the heart of the Palestinian experience of dispossession, life under occupation, and the persistent difficulty of piecing together a narrative in the face of ongoing erasure and disempowerment.
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122 printed pages
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Original publication
2020
Publication year
2020
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    The place looks like a little park; the ground is sandy and uneven, and there are a few eucalyptus trees and wooden benches scattered around.
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    After the establishment of the state of Israel was announced on May 14, 1948, Nirim was the first settlement to be attacked by the Egyptian Army.
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    At the time, the aim of their operation was to expand the territory of Jewish settlements in the south.
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