Forgotten (Hardback)
Searching for Palestine’s Hidden Places and Lost Memorials
Buy from
From two leading writers and thinkers on Palestine: a profound meditation on memory and what we choose to memorialise
"Shehadeh's books are like beacons held up against the darkness" Observer
"A heartbreaking, hopeful look at how Palestinian culture endures" Irish Times
Forgotten is a search for hidden or neglected memorials and places in historic Palestine - now Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories - and what they might tell us about the land and the people who live on our small slip of earth between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.
From ancient city ruins to the Nabi 'Ukkasha mosque and tomb, acclaimed writers and researchers Raja Shehadeh and Penny Johnson ask: what has been memorialised, and what lies unseen, abandoned or erased - and why? Whether standing on a high cliff overlooking Lebanon or at the lowest land-based elevation on earth at the Dead Sea, they explore lost connections in a fragmented land.
In elegiac, elegant prose, Shehadeh and Johnson grapple not only with questions of Israeli resistance to acknowledging the Nakba - the 1948 catastrophe for Palestinians - but also with the complicated history of Palestinian commemoration today.
Forgotten (Ebook)
Searching for Palestine’s Hidden Places and Lost Memorials
Buy from
From two leading writers and thinkers on Palestine: a profound meditation on memory and what we choose to memorialise
"Shehadeh's books are like beacons held up against the darkness" Observer
"A heartbreaking, hopeful look at how Palestinian culture endures" Irish Times
Forgotten is a search for hidden or neglected memorials and places in historic Palestine - now Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories - and what they might tell us about the land and the people who live on our small slip of earth between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.
From ancient city ruins to the Nabi 'Ukkasha mosque and tomb, acclaimed writers and researchers Raja Shehadeh and Penny Johnson ask: what has been memorialised, and what lies unseen, abandoned or erased - and why? Whether standing on a high cliff overlooking Lebanon or at the lowest land-based elevation on earth at the Dead Sea, they explore lost connections in a fragmented land.
In elegiac, elegant prose, Shehadeh and Johnson grapple not only with questions of Israeli resistance to acknowledging the Nakba - the 1948 catastrophe for Palestinians - but also with the complicated history of Palestinian commemoration today.
Forgotten (Audiobook)
Searching for Palestine’s Hidden Places and Lost Memorials
Buy from
From two leading writers and thinkers on Palestine: a profound meditation on memory and what we choose to memorialise
"Shehadeh's books are like beacons held up against the darkness" Observer
"A heartbreaking, hopeful look at how Palestinian culture endures" Irish Times
Forgotten is a search for hidden or neglected memorials and places in historic Palestine – now Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories – and what they might tell us about the land and the people who live on our small slip of earth between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.
From ancient city ruins to the Nabi 'Ukkasha mosque and tomb, acclaimed writers and researchers Raja Shehadeh and Penny Johnson ask: what has been memorialised, and what lies unseen, abandoned or erased – and why? Whether standing on a high cliff overlooking Lebanon or at the lowest land-based elevation on earth at the Dead Sea, they explore lost connections in a fragmented land.
In elegiac, elegant prose, Shehadeh and Johnson grapple not only with questions of Israeli resistance to acknowledging the Nakba – the 1948 catastrophe for Palestinians – but also with the complicated history of Palestinian commemoration today.
Forgotten (Paperback)
Searching for Palestine’s Hidden Places and Lost Memorials
Preorder from
From two leading writers and thinkers on Palestine: a profound meditation on memory and what we choose to memorialise
"Shehadeh's books are like beacons held up against the darkness" Observer
"A heartbreaking, hopeful look at how Palestinian culture endures" Irish Times
Forgotten is a search for hidden or neglected memorials and places in historic Palestine - now Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories - and what they might tell us about the land and the people who live on our small slip of earth between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.
From ancient city ruins to the Nabi 'Ukkasha mosque and tomb, acclaimed writers and researchers Raja Shehadeh and Penny Johnson ask: what has been memorialised, and what lies unseen, abandoned or erased - and why? Whether standing on a high cliff overlooking Lebanon or at the lowest land-based elevation on earth at the Dead Sea, they explore lost connections in a fragmented land.
In elegiac, elegant prose, Shehadeh and Johnson grapple not only with questions of Israeli resistance to acknowledging the Nakba - the 1948 catastrophe for Palestinians - but also with the complicated history of Palestinian commemoration today.
Reviews for Forgotten
Observer
Irish Times
New Statesman
Georgraphical
Middle East Eye
Church Times
New York Times
Rachel Kushner
Observer
Hisham Matar The New York Times
Kamila Shamsie
Raja Shehadeh
Penny Johnson
Related books

When The Bulbul Stopped Singing
Raja Shehadeh
A diary of life under siege in Palestine, from the Orwell-prize winning and National Book Award-longlisted author and human rights activist

What Does Israel Fear from Palestine?
Raja Shehadeh
A searing reflection on the failures of Israel to treat Palestine and Palestinians as equals, as partners on the road to peace instead of genocide.

We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I
Raja Shehadeh
A subtle psychological portrait of the author's relationship with his father during the twentieth-century battle for Palestinian human rights

Going Home
Raja Shehadeh
Raja Shehadeh reflects on ageing, failure, the occupation, and the changing face of Ramallah

Where the Line is Drawn
Raja Shehadeh
'Brilliantly evokes the Palestinian tragedy by way of a complex friendship. This is a fiercely intelligent and honest account.' – Ian McEwan

Shifting Sands
Raja Shehadeh
A fresh look at the Middle East today, tomorrow and in the past: fifteen writers, with an introduction by Raja Shehadeh, author of the Orwell Prize-wi…

Language of War, Language of Peace
Raja Shehadeh
A passionate and elegant reflection on the language of the Middle East conflict expanded from Raja Shehadeh's Edward Said memorial lectures

Occupation Diaries
Raja Shehadeh
Life in Palestine today – what it is really like – day to day, now shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2013

A Rift in Time
Raja Shehadeh
From the Orwell Prize-winning author of Palestinian Walks comes the poignant and revealing true story of his remarkable great uncle's political st…

Strangers in the House
Raja Shehadeh
An extraordinary and moving memoir by the award-winning author of Palestinian Walks – updated with a new foreword.