Ashjaar Lil-Naas Al-Ghaa'Ibeen

Ashjaar lil-Naas al-Ghaa ibeen is a coming-of-age tale of young love, meddling relatives, and heart-to-heart connections, set in occupied Palestine. Philistia, a university student, works part-time washing womens bodies in an ancient Ottoman hammam and falls in love while searching for a place of refuge.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 90 pages
Publication date: 03 September 2020
Publisher: Neem Tree Press Limited

Ashjaar lil-Naas al-Ghaa ibeen (Trees for the Absentees) is a relatable coming-of-age tale of young love, meddling relatives, and heart-to-heart connections. Philistia is an ordinary university student with an extraordinary life. She has no idea when her father will be released from prison and works part-time washing women's bodies in the ancient Ottoman hammam in Nablus. A midwife and corpse washer in her time, Philistia can't help but reminisce about her late Grandma Zahia, who taught her the ritual ablutions and the secrets of life and death. In the enthralling darkness of the hamman in occupied Palestine, Philistia falls in love and embarks on a magical journey through her country's history, one of loss and centuries of oppression. As trees are uprooted around her, Philistia searches for a place of refuge, a place where she can plant a memory for the ones she's lost. Also available in an English language paperback edition titled Trees for the Absentees.

Weight: 102g
Dimension: 129 x 197 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781911107217