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Samih Mahmoud

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Herausgeber: Peirene Press
Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
Sprache: Englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

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Most novels are written by professional writers using second hand material. Not this one. Peirene commissioned nine refugees to tell their 'Shatila Stories'. The result is a piece of collaborative fiction unlike any other. If you want to understand the chaos of the Middle East – or you just want to follow the course of a beautiful love story – start here. Adam and his family flee Syria and arrive at the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut. Conditions in this overcrowded Palestinian camp are tough, and violence defines many of the relationships: a father fights to save his daughter, a gang leader plots to expand his influence, and drugs break up a family. Adam struggles to make sense of his refugee experience, but then he meets Shatha and starts to view the camp through her eyes. Why Peirene chose to publish this book: I want to hear their stories and see if their imaginations can open up a new path of understanding between us. Collaborative works of literature can achieve what no other literature can do. By pooling our imaginations we are able to access something totally different and new that goes beyond boundaries – that of the individual, of nations, of cultures. It connects us to our common human essence: our creativity. Let's make stories, not more war. 'This remarkable novel isn't about the refugee voice; it is born from it and told through it. On every page, the glint of hope for dignity and a better life is heartbreakingly alive.' Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner 'Both from a humanitarian standpoint and an artistic perspective, Peirene are doing invaluable work in finding new voices who open our eyes, ears and hearts to worldly reality in all its profound suffering, joy, community, isolation and complexity.'Bidisha, Writer and Broadcaster.

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Introduction

At the beginning of 2017 I approached the Lebanese-based charity Basmeh & Zeitooneh (which translates as ‘The Smile & the Olive’). This NGO runs community centres in a number of refugee camps, including Shatila in Beirut. I wanted to find a group of Syrian writers, teach them the principles of storytelling and then publish a book of their work. I had set my mind on Shatila – the place made infamous by the 1982 massacre. This camp was founded in 1949 for 3,000 Palestinians but now houses up to 40,000 refugees following the Syrian crisis. I was clear in my mind that I didn’t want flight stories from the writers. These have been covered enough by our media. I wanted to address something else, something that comes from my experience as a writer of stories: the power of collaborative imagination to open up new ways of remembering and from that, perhaps, a vision for the future.

When I start a new novel I have a vague idea of what I want to explore. In the course of writing, this idea becomes clearer. Images emerge, characters materialize, a plot evolves. Yet something is not right. So I rewrite, revise, add and cut, until the story is finished and has turned into a compelling read. Only when the book is complete do I truly understand what the story is about. The real creative motivation is always different from the (conscious) idea I had at the beginning. Writing the book has made me see something different, made me understand something I didn’t know before.

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