"The English translation, artistically rendered by the novelist Adhaf Soueif, conveys the beauty of the Arabic language without sacrificing the accuracy of the author's thoughts and the depth of his emotions."-Aida A. "The passionate pain of exile, recounted at the end of the day by a true poet."-John Berger "One of the finest existential accounts of Palestinian displacement that we now have."-Edward Said It should be read not only by Palestinians and other Arabs, but also by others, especially Israelis and Americans.”-Middle East Studies Association Bulletin Its evocative images touch, move, and inspire. “A magnificent addition to world literature. Barghouti shatters this silence with his forceful, lyrical, evocative narrative.”-Washington Report on Middle East Affairs “I Saw Ramallah’s importance is that, while many speak about the ‘refugee problem,’ the refugees themselves remain largely silent and unheard. no other book so well explains the background of recent events in Palestine/Israel.”-Times Literary Supplement
“The most eloquent statement in English of what it is like to be Palestinian today. “I Saw Ramallah is the story of paradoxes, and of complicated truths, told with a truthfulness, sincerity and humour that is not lost or sentimentalised in Ahdaf Soueif’s translation”-Al Ahram Weekly
The translation by Egyptian novelist Ahdaf Soueif is more than convincing: it is elegant and, at times, astonishing.”-Aljadid “The theme is not merely the physical violence of occupation, but rather occupation’s ability to rob the Palestinian of his simplest and even banal connections to self and place. His recollections are expressed with intimacy, but without sentimentality with emotion, but without bitterness."-Ferial Ghazoul "He depicts the topography of his homeland and the richness of its folklore. Paperback "Joins elements of autobiography to sophisticated narrative techniques with remarkable power."-Abdel Moneim Tallima
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