The Palace on the Higher HillFaysal receives a mysterious letter about the death of aunt he cant remember. Leaving his lover and his life in Europe behind, he returns to the village of his birth in Palestine and to his familys extraordinary, deserted house, the palace on the higher hill. With a backdrop of violence and the permanent threat from settlers, Faysal wanders the once lavish rooms as characters from the past return to shed light on his family story and on the story of

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blood and belonging

" — Clare Morgan

referendum

he also works as an associate lecturer at the University of Glamorgan and as a radio presenter for BBC Wales

priests and poets

from early songs like ‘El arado’ (‘The Plow’) to ‘Estadio Chile’ (‘In the Stadium’)

A native of Montreal with Irish ancestry and dual Canadian/ American citizenship

prison visits

This book attempts to think through and simultaneously away from this evil fantasy and the civilization it upholds by exploiting the tension between history and poetry

Funeral Oration

she is also a judge for the Koestler whose awards encourage prisoners to participate in the Arts