The Palestinian Hoopoe: Part One

About this book

Behind the dust of present battles, when the speeches of passing politics fall silent, the true memory of peoples is born from the womb of the enduring words. This book is not merely a record of dates and numbers but the pulse of the first moments of a flood that changed the face of modern history. This work appears like a legendary bird soaring above the walls of besieged Gaza, carrying to the world the news of the first months of events with the majesty of the word and the depth of tragedy, blending the sweetness of poetry with the grandeur of prose. The writer moves in this first part with the mastery of an expert who knows that the worst affliction of a nation is losing its memory; he dives into the folds of the human wound, interrogating the tragedies of children and women, and revealing with sharp critical awareness the falsehood of international positions and duplicitous Western policies. The work turns in its pages into an epic redrawing the great dualities of history, placing the steadfastness of stone against the arrogance of iron, and comparing in pulsating language and shocking documents the tragedy of the Native Americans of old with what the owner of the land faces today in Palestine. It is an extended journey transcending geography's borders, standing at times at the giving of the free in the world's marches and the clamor of its universities, and at other times at living testimonies and trends that made the event on social media platforms for history to preserve for coming generations. This book is an invitation full of obscurity and inspiration, taking you to the core of steadfastness to see how hope sprouts from the heart of rubble, and how rhymes become shields deflecting attempts to erase truth and immortalizing the tale of the land and its owners forever.