Battle to preserve Palestine’s history rages in new novel The cover of Radwa Ashour’s latest novel to appear in English bears the subtitle “A Palestinian novel.” What does a claim like this mean? What themes might such a story have to tackle? What makes a novel “Palestinian?” The Woman from Tantoura (American University in Cairo Press, 2014) is a substantial, satisfying, weighty book. Those who kn
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