I Was Bo There I Was Bo Here

by: Mourid Barghouti (Author)

Publisher: Bloomsbury UK

Publication Date: 2012/11/8

Language: English

Print Length: 240 pages

ISBN-10: 1408822474

ISBN-13: 9781408822470

Book Description

The sequel to the classic memoir i saw ramallah, i was bo there, i was bo here takes up the story in 1998 when barghouti retued to the occupied territories to introduce his cairo-bo son, tamim, to his palestinian family. Ranging freely back and forth in time between the 1990s and the present day, barghouti weaves into his account of exile poignant evocations of palestinian history and daily life – the pleasure of coffee arriving at just the right moment, the challenge of a car jouey through the occupied territories, the meaning of home and the importance of being able to say, standing in a small village in palestine, ‘i was bo here’, rather than saying from exile, ‘i was bo there’. Full of life and humour in the face of death, i was bo there, i was bo here is destined, like its predecessor, to become a classic.

About the Author

The sequel to the classic memoir i saw ramallah, i was bo there, i was bo here takes up the story in 1998 when barghouti retued to the occupied territories to introduce his cairo-bo son, tamim, to his palestinian family. Ranging freely back and forth in time between the 1990s and the present day, barghouti weaves into his account of exile poignant evocations of palestinian history and daily life – the pleasure of coffee arriving at just the right moment, the challenge of a car jouey through the occupied territories, the meaning of home and the importance of being able to say, standing in a small village in palestine, ‘i was bo here’, rather than saying from exile, ‘i was bo there’. Full of life and humour in the face of death, i was bo there, i was bo here is destined, like its predecessor, to become a classic.