Palestine as Metaphor Halal uses wit and political mastery

uses wit and political mastery to navigate opulent palaces brimming with treachery and the perils of the Third Crusade as her Persian homeland teeters on the brink of destruction

and can see which themes are included in each surah at the end of the book's introduction

Idrees can’t wait to try them out…until he finds out they aren’t new at all

But even with Khawf pressing her to leave

and the origins of cartography are just a few of the areas explored in this book

Palestine as Metaphor Halal uses wit and political masteryPalestine as Metaphor consists of a series of interviews with Mahmoud Darwish, which have never appeared in English before. The interviews are a wealth of information on the poets personal life, his relationships, his numerous works, and his tragedy. They illuminate Darwishs conception of poetry as a supreme art that transcends time and place. Several writers and journalists conducted the interviews, including a Lebanese poet, a Syrian literary