Palestine +100: Stories from a Century after the Nakba by Basma Ghalayini

Palestine +100: Stories from a Century after the Nakba

Futures Past

Basma Ghalayini with Mazen Maarouf, Selma Dabbagh

224 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction science fiction short stories adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
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Palestine + 100 poses a question to twelve Palestinian writers: what might your country look like in the year 2048 – a century after the tragedies and trauma of what has come to be called the Nakba? How might this event – which, in 1948, saw the e...

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Community Reviews Summary of 143 reviews

Moods

reflective 73%
dark 64%
challenging 62%
sad 48%
emotional 42%
tense 37%
adventurous 20%
hopeful 17%
mysterious 17%
informative 15%
inspiring 6%
funny 4%

Pace

medium 72%
fast 23%
slow 4%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 60% | Plot: 17% | N/A: 14% | Character: 7%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 40% | N/A: 29% | No: 14% | Yes: 14%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 57% | N/A: 23% | Yes: 15% | No: 3%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 75% | It's complicated: 10% | N/A: 10% | No: 3%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 56% | No: 16% | N/A: 16% | Yes: 12%

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3.8

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