Isabella Hammad

“Extraordinary and amazingly erudite. Hammad shows how art and especially literature can be much, much more revealing than political writing.” — Rashid Khalidi, New York Times bestselling author of The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine From the award-winning author of The Parisian and...

“A calm and vital storyteller, a writer of real rhythmic grace.”—Ali Smith, The Guardian From one of the most “assured and formidable” (Wall Street Journal) literary voices today, Our Names spans a decade to tell a story of international politics and intrigue through the magnetic...

Brought to you by Penguin. An outstanding and moving essay on the Palestinian struggle and the power of narrative from the Women's Prize for Fiction-shortlisted author of Enter Ghost Award-winning author of The Parisian and Enter Ghost Isabella Hammad delivered the Edward W. Said Lecture at...

Eine Liebe zwischen Orient und Okzident in den Wirren des Ersten Weltkriegs. Als sich der junge Palästinenser Midhat 1914 nach Montpellier einschifft, ist das der Aufbruch in eine strahlende Zukunft. Begierig wirft er sich in sein Medizinstudium, saugt die französische Kultur auf, verliebt...

Eine Liebe zwischen Orient und Okzident in den Wirren des Ersten Weltkriegs. Als sich der junge Palästinenser Midhat 1914 nach Montpellier einschifft, ist das der Aufbruch in eine strahlende Zukunft. Begierig wirft er sich in sein Medizinstudium, saugt die französische Kultur auf, verliebt...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Parisian written by Isabella Hammad, read by Fiona Button. *SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2020* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD FICTION AWARD 2019* As the First World War shatters families, destroys...

Brought to you by Penguin. Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024. After years away from her family's homeland, and healing from an affair with an established director, stage actress Sonia Nasir returns to Palestine to visit her older sister Haneen. Though the siblings grew up...

After years away from her family's homeland, and healing from an affair with an established director, stage actress Sonia Nasir returns to Palestine to visit her older sister Haneen. Though the siblings grew up spending summers at their family home in Haifa, Sonia hasn't been back since the...