A Young Palestinian's Diary, 1941–1945 : : The Life of Sami 'Amr / / Kimberly Katz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Katz, Kimberly,
• MitwirkendeR: Tamari, Salim,; ʿAmr, Sāmī,
• TeilnehmendeR: Tamari, Salim.
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Jamal and Rania Daniel Series in Contemporary History, Politics, Culture, and Religion of the Levant
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (205 p.)

Writing in his late teens and early twenties, Sāmī ‘Amr gave his diary an apt subtitle: The Battle of Life, encapsulating both the political climate of Palestine in the waning years of the British Mandate as well as the contrasting joys and troubles of family life. Now translated from the Arabic, Sāmī's diary represents a rare artifact of turbulent change in the Middle East. Written over four years, these ruminations of a young man from Hebron brim with revelations about daily life against a backdrop of tremendous transition. Describing the public and the private, the modern and the traditional, Sāmī muses on relationships, his station in life, and other universal experiences while sharing numerous details about a pivotal moment in Palestine's modern history. Making these never-before-published reflections available in translation, Kimberly Katz also provides illuminating context for Sāmī's words, laying out biographical details of Sāmī, who kept his diary private for close to sixty years. One of a limited number of Palestinian diaries available to English-language readers, the diary of Sāmī ‘Amr bridges significant chasms in our understanding of Middle Eastern, and particularly Palestinian, history.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD / Away from Dūra (or Life in the Margins) -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTE ON TRANSLATION, TRANSCRIPTION, AND USAGE -- PART 1 HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE DIARY -- The Diarist and His Times -- Historiography and Themes of the Diary -- Conclusion: To Write or Not to Write -- PART 2 TRANSLATION OF THE DIARY OF SA-MI-ʿAMR -- MY MEMOIRS IN THIS LIFE -- APPENDIX 1/ GENEALOGY OF THEʿAMR FAMILY -- APPENDIX 2 / PEOPLE MENTIONED IN THE DIARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX