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Based on the true story of two Jaffa teenagers, Mother of Strangers follows the daily lives of Subhi, a fifteen-year-old mechanic, and Shams, the thirteen-year-old student he hopes to marry one day. In this prosperous and cosmopolitan port city, with its bustling markets, cinemas, and cafés on the hills overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, we meet many other unforgettable characters as well, including Khawaja Michael, the elegant and successful owner of orange groves above the harbor; Mr. Hassan, the tailor who makes Subhi’s treasured English suit, which he hopes will change his life; and the very mischievous and outrageous Uncle Habeeb, who insists on introducing Subhi to the local bordello.
With a thriving orange export business, Jaffa had always been a city welcoming to outsiders—the “Mother of Strangers”—where Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived peacefully together. Once the bombardment of the city begins in April 1948, Suad Amiry gives us the grim but fascinating details of the shock, panic, and destruction that ensues. Jaffa becomes unrecognizable, with neighborhoods flattened, families removed from their homes and separated, and those who remain in constant danger of arrest and incarceration. Most of the population flees eastward to Jordan or by sea to Lebanon in the north or to Egypt and Gaza in the south. Subhi and Shams will never see each other again.
Suad Amiry has written a vivid and devastating account of a seminal moment in the history of the Middle East—the beginning of the end of Palestine and a portrait of a city irrevocably changed.
Based on the true story of two Jaffa teenagers, Mother of Strangers follows the daily lives of Subhi, a fifteen-year-old mechanic, and Shams, the thirteen-year-old student he hopes to marry one day. In this prosperous and cosmopolitan port city, with its bustling markets, cinemas, and cafés on the hills overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, we meet many other unforgettable characters as well, including Khawaja Michael, the elegant and successful owner of orange groves above the harbor; Mr. Hassan, the tailor who makes Subhi’s treasured English suit, which he hopes will change his life; and the very mischievous and outrageous Uncle Habeeb, who insists on introducing Subhi to the local bordello.
With a thriving orange export business, Jaffa had always been a city welcoming to outsiders—the “Mother of Strangers”—where Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived peacefully together. Once the bombardment of the city begins in April 1948, Suad Amiry gives us the grim but fascinating details of the shock, panic, and destruction that ensues. Jaffa becomes unrecognizable, with neighborhoods flattened, families removed from their homes and separated, and those who remain in constant danger of arrest and incarceration. Most of the population flees eastward to Jordan or by sea to Lebanon in the north or to Egypt and Gaza in the south. Subhi and Shams will never see each other again.
Suad Amiry has written a vivid and devastating account of a seminal moment in the history of the Middle East—the beginning of the end of Palestine and a portrait of a city irrevocably changed.
Subhi
1 The Best Mechanic in Town (Jaffa, June 1947) 3
2 The Promised English Suit 12
3 Jaffa’s Orange Groves (Bayyarat Yafa) 19
4 To Have or Not to Have the Promised Suit 25
5 Sugar Daddy 35
6 Three Green Notes and One Red (July 1947) 39
7 The Grand Suit Tour 47
8 English Pride 54
9 A Suit Etched on Paper 61
10 From the Fools’ Café to the Intellectuals’ Café and that of the Fishermen 67
11 Café il Inshirah: The Intellectuals’ Café 71
12 From Boyhood to Manhood 77
13 At the Brothel 83
14 Mawsim il Nabi Rubin (August– September 1947) 87
15 A Temporary Tent City 91
16 The Kisweh Celebrations from Jaffa to il Nabi Rubin 95
17 The Kite Maker 100
18 The Love of My Life 107
Part II
Back to Jaffa
19 Post- Vacation Blues (Jaffa, September 1947) 117
20 Death Oranges (Sunday, January 4, 1948) 123
21 A Train Robbery (end of March 1948) 128
22 Jerusalem’s Macabre Parade (April 8, 1948) 132
Part III
New Masters
23 The Day After (Jaffa, May 1948) 143
24 New Masters 149
25 The “Disputed” Suit Interrogations 157
26 At Jaffa’s Port 163
27 Disputed 167
28 Back to Being the Best Mechanic in No- Town 174
Part IV
Shams
29 A Surrogate Mother (il Lyd, May 1948) 183
30 A “Jewish” Cow (One Month Earlier, il Lyd, July 1948) 192
31 The Cow Interrogation: Big Crimes, Small Crimes 198
32 Someone at the Door 204
33 A Muslim Mother 214
34 An Escape Plan 221
35 Subhi: In Search of a Past, in Search of a Future 229
36 A Few Knocks at the Gate (Jaffa, 1950) 235
37 New Neighbors (Jaffa, 1951) 241
38 A Friendly Request 255
Epilogue (Jaffa, January 2018) 265
Author’s Note 269
Acknowledgments 273
Arabic to English Glossary 275
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Seiten: | 288 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780593316559 |
| ISBN-10: | 059331655X |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Amiry, Suad |
| Hersteller: | Random House USA Inc |
| Maße: | 212 x 146 x 30 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Suad Amiry |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 02.08.2022 |
| Gewicht: | 0,474 kg |
Subhi
1 The Best Mechanic in Town (Jaffa, June 1947) 3
2 The Promised English Suit 12
3 Jaffa’s Orange Groves (Bayyarat Yafa) 19
4 To Have or Not to Have the Promised Suit 25
5 Sugar Daddy 35
6 Three Green Notes and One Red (July 1947) 39
7 The Grand Suit Tour 47
8 English Pride 54
9 A Suit Etched on Paper 61
10 From the Fools’ Café to the Intellectuals’ Café and that of the Fishermen 67
11 Café il Inshirah: The Intellectuals’ Café 71
12 From Boyhood to Manhood 77
13 At the Brothel 83
14 Mawsim il Nabi Rubin (August– September 1947) 87
15 A Temporary Tent City 91
16 The Kisweh Celebrations from Jaffa to il Nabi Rubin 95
17 The Kite Maker 100
18 The Love of My Life 107
Part II
Back to Jaffa
19 Post- Vacation Blues (Jaffa, September 1947) 117
20 Death Oranges (Sunday, January 4, 1948) 123
21 A Train Robbery (end of March 1948) 128
22 Jerusalem’s Macabre Parade (April 8, 1948) 132
Part III
New Masters
23 The Day After (Jaffa, May 1948) 143
24 New Masters 149
25 The “Disputed” Suit Interrogations 157
26 At Jaffa’s Port 163
27 Disputed 167
28 Back to Being the Best Mechanic in No- Town 174
Part IV
Shams
29 A Surrogate Mother (il Lyd, May 1948) 183
30 A “Jewish” Cow (One Month Earlier, il Lyd, July 1948) 192
31 The Cow Interrogation: Big Crimes, Small Crimes 198
32 Someone at the Door 204
33 A Muslim Mother 214
34 An Escape Plan 221
35 Subhi: In Search of a Past, in Search of a Future 229
36 A Few Knocks at the Gate (Jaffa, 1950) 235
37 New Neighbors (Jaffa, 1951) 241
38 A Friendly Request 255
Epilogue (Jaffa, January 2018) 265
Author’s Note 269
Acknowledgments 273
Arabic to English Glossary 275
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Seiten: | 288 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780593316559 |
| ISBN-10: | 059331655X |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Amiry, Suad |
| Hersteller: | Random House USA Inc |
| Maße: | 212 x 146 x 30 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Suad Amiry |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 02.08.2022 |
| Gewicht: | 0,474 kg |
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