Karim Kattan: a Palestine between political commitment and memories

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Karim Kattan, Franco-Palestinian writer © Hela Chelli

By: Pascal Paradou

Faysal, a Palestinian in his thirties, receives a mysterious death notice.

But who is this Aunt Rita?

Intrigued, he abandons his lover and his life in Europe to return to Jabalayn, his native village.

In the deserted palace of his childhood, he wanders.

The past reappears, sumptuous and heavy with secrets.

As the threat of imminent annexation looms, as a family and a country dawn, Faysal's mind shifts.  

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Karim KATTAN,

 doctor in comparative literature.

Franco-Palestinian writer.

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