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You Don’t Have to Look Up Every Times and Other Stories

Kuhail, Mays
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1711375754996647

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2024, Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Bowling Green State University, Creative Writing.
You Don’t Have to Look Up Every Time and Other Stories is a collection of braided short stories set and reaching from the present moment into the future of Palestine.The collection grapples with themes of nostalgia and memory, generational trauma, spatial politics, hope, and joy. Told from a unique set of points of view, the stories explore a diverse set of experiences and voices ranging from the Palestinian diaspora, to Palestinians in Palestine, to the fauna of Palestine, where one story is narrated by a species of gazelle native to Palestine. This textured exploration of social and political diversity aims to weave the complexities and nuances of Palestinian identity and views on sovereignty. The collection situates itself in contemporary Palestinian literature, while drawing inspiration from other liberation movements including Indigenous futurism and Afrofuturism. The collection plays with temporalization of space and memory, employing traditional, experimental, and fragmented forms to contemplate the state of wandering for refugees, exiled Palestinians, and those still living under occupation. You Don’t Have to Look Up Every Time and Other Stories uses the speculative genre to radically imagine, or reimagine liberation and decolonization for Palestine, taking a daring leap into hope for a better future for Palestine.
Pauls Toutonghi, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Reema Rajbanshi, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
105 p.
Fine Arts; Literature
palestine; palestinian literature; speculative; sci-i; indigenous futurism; generational trauma; nostalgia; memory; identity; politics; political fiction;

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  • Kuhail, M. (2024). You Don’t Have to Look Up Every Times and Other Stories [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1711375754996647

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kuhail, Mays. You Don’t Have to Look Up Every Times and Other Stories. 2024. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1711375754996647.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kuhail, Mays. "You Don’t Have to Look Up Every Times and Other Stories." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1711375754996647

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