I Was Born There, I Was Born Here by Mourid…

I Was Born There, I Was Born Here (original 2009; edition 2011)

by Mourid Barghouti

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Documents the introduction of the author's son, Tamim, to their Palestinian family and Tamim's incarceration in the same Cairo prison his father had occupied, in an account that explains the author's decisions and the pain of exile.

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Title:	I Was Born There, I Was Born Here
Authors:	Mourid Barghouti
Info:	Bloomsbury UK (2011), Hardcover, 240 pages
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I Was Born There, I Was Born Here by Mourid Barghouti (2009)

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Davies, Humphrey	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Palestine Book Award (Shortlist – 2012)

Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize (Commended – 2012)

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Documents the introduction of the author's son, Tamim, to their Palestinian family and Tamim's incarceration in the same Cairo prison his father had occupied, in an account that explains the author's decisions and the pain of exile.

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