The Storyteller of Jerusalem: The Life and Times of Wasif Jawhariyyeh, 1904-1948

Wasif Jawhariyyeh

Interlink Publishing Group Incorporated, 01‏/10‏/2013 - 304 من الصفحات

The memoirs of Wasif Jawhariyyeh are a remarkable treasure trove of writings on the life, culture, music, and history of Jerusalem. Spanning over four decades, from 1904 to 1948, they cover a period of enormous and turbulent change in Jerusalem’s history, but change lived and recalled from the daily vantage point of the street storyteller. Oud player, music lover and ethnographer, poet, collector, partygoer, satirist, civil servant, local historian, devoted son, husband, father, and person of faith, Wasif viewed the life of his city through multiple roles and lenses. The result is a vibrant, unpredictable, sprawling collection of anecdotes, observations, and yearnings as varied as the city itself.

Reflecting the times of Ottoman rule, the British mandate, and the run-up to the founding of the state of Israel, The Storyteller of Jerusalem offers intimate glimpses of people and events, and of forces promoting confined, divisive ethnic and sectarian identities. Yet, through his passionate immersion in the life of the city, Wasif reveals the communitarian ethos that runs so powerfully through Jerusalem’s past. And that offers perhaps the best hope for its future.

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This book was a true joy to read. There is very little archive material of Palestinian life at the end of the Ottoman Empire because of the loss of Palestinian cultural property during the 1948 ethnic ...

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Salim Tamari is a professor of sociology at Birzeit University and co-editor of Jerusalem Quarterly. He is the author of several books, including, most recently, Year of the Locust: The Erasure of Palestine's Ottoman Past. Issam Nassar is a professor of history at Illinois State University and co-editor of Jerusalem Quarterly. He is the author of several books, including Laqatat Mughayira: al-Tasweer al-fotografi al-mubakir fi falastin (Different Snapshots: Early photography of Palestine). Nada Elzeer received her doctorate from Durham University and is now senior lector of Arabic at SOAS, University of London. Rachel Beckles Willson is professor of music at Royal Holloway, University of London. She is the author of numerous articles and three books, including, most recently, Orientalism and Musical Mission: Palestine and the West.

Issam Nassar is a professor of history at Illinois State University and co-editor of Jerusalem Quarterly. He is the author of several books, including Laqatat Mughayira: al-Tasweer al-fotografi al-mubakir fi falastin (Different Snapshots: Early photography of Palestine).

Nada Elzeer received her doctorate from Durham University and is now senior lector of Arabic at SOAS, University of London.

Rachel Beckles Willson is professor of music at Royal Holloway, University of London. She is the author of numerous articles and three books, including, most recently, Orientalism and Musical Mission: Palestine and the West.

معلومات المراجع

• العنوان: The Storyteller of Jerusalem: The Life and Times of Wasif Jawhariyyeh, 1904-1948
• المؤلف: Wasif Jawhariyyeh
• المُحرر: Issam Nassar
• ترجمة: Nada Elzeer
• المساهم: Rachel Beckles Willson
• الإصدار: مزود بصور توضيحية
• الناشر: Interlink Publishing Group Incorporated, 2013
• رقم ISBN (الرقم الدولي المعياري للكتاب): 1566569257, 9781566569255
• عدد الصفحات: 304 من الصفحات