How can an essentially sad story give such pleasure? The answer is in these narratives: these stories, memoirs, poems are a pleasure and an education; personal, vivid, original, sometimes witty, always accomplished, always honest. They are a testimonial to the human spirit, and to the growing contribution of Palestine to literature.

And so whilst reading, each chapter of Seeking Palestine offers a new element to the image of Palestine, weaving together an eclectic mix of writers, each offering a new lens through which to view, understand and imagine their country and exile.

This is an extraordinarily frank, fresh and unsentimental assessment of what Palestinians are and have become. It is not only a testimony as to the strength, dedication and sticking power of Palestinian people, but also of the writers themselves. 

In these grittily poetic stories, Palestinian writers imaginatively reclaim what has been lost.

Wry, candid, poignant, Seeking Palestine is a tribute to a people who no matter how displaced and dispossessed remain nevertheless determined.

Though much of its subject matter elicits sorrow and outrage, “Seeking Palestine” is a pleasure to read since all the contributors are talented writers...The clarity and courage with which they write provides new, encouraging evidence of Palestinians’ ability to shape a better world, if only they were given the chance.