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    Still a Palestinian

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    Authors
    Shakkour, Suha
    Affiliation
    University of Derby
    Issue Date
    2016-01
    
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    Citation
    Shakkour, S. (2016). Still a Palestinian. In Suleiman, Y. (Ed.), Being Palestinian: Personal reflections on Palestinian identity in the diaspora'. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
    Publisher
    Edinburgh University Press
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10545/621538
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    I grew up in Jerusalem, the second of six children, and I lived what I perceived, even then, to be a double life. I went to an American school where I learned to speak English with a slightly Southern accent, and I could recite the names of the American presidents, all the States and their capitals. Meanwhile, at home, I learned Arabic, Palestinian history and geography, how to bake bread and make labaneh. I spoke English with my siblings, Arabic with my parents and a mixture of the two with my friends. The double life I lived came naturally and did not seem unusual to me. In fact, even now, recalling my childhood, I consider my memories to be remarkably similar to those of my non-Palestinian friends – though the details differ somewhat. For example, I remember having an assortment of pets, cats and dogs of course, but also chicks from the Old City, ducklings from my Aunts and tortoises that had wandered into the garden. I remember picnics and musical afternoons, which turned into musical evenings, with a kamanja, durbakeh, and oud played by my uncles and cousins. I remember ‘camping’, not in the woods, but on rooftops under the stars and grapevines, with my grandmother singing us lullabies and telling us stories.
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    Language
    en
    ISBN
    9780748634026
    9781474405393
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    I grew up in Jerusalem, the second of six children, and I lived what I perceived, even then, to be a double life. I went to an American school where I learned to speak English with a slightly Southern accent, and I could recite the names of the American presidents, all the States and their capitals. Meanwhile, at home, I learned Arabic, Palestinian history and geography, how to bake bread and make labaneh. I spoke English with my siblings, Arabic with my parents and a mixture of the two with my friends. The double life I lived came naturally and did not seem unusual to me. In fact, even now, recalling my childhood, I consider my memories to be remarkably similar to those of my non-Palestinian friends – though the details differ somewhat. For example, I remember having an assortment of pets, cats and dogs of course, but also chicks from the Old City, ducklings from my Aunts and tortoises that had wandered into the garden. I remember picnics and musical afternoons, which turned into musical evenings, with a kamanja, durbakeh, and oud played by my uncles and cousins. I remember ‘camping’, not in the woods, but on rooftops under the stars and grapevines, with my grandmother singing us lullabies and telling us stories.
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