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Beside the sickle moon

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posted on 2023-08-04, 09:57 authored by Thaer Husien

Beside the Sickle Moon is an original work of speculative fiction based on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Set in the near future as a commentary for what has occurred in the past and present, Beside the Sickle Moon is a character driven noir centering around an ambivalent protagonist caught in a tug-of-war between the cultural duty to one’s people and personal duty to one’s self. Highlighting the impossible odds Palestinians face to educate an American audience, Beside the Sickle Moon is a neon lit David versus Goliath that attempts to shed light on the injustice of the Palestinian condition, simultaneously criticizing in-fighting methods and self-sabotaging nostalgia while honoring a place that deserves to be seen as more than just a wound.

History

Publisher

ProQuest

Language

English

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:94920

Committee chair

Patricia Park

Committee member(s)

Dolen Perkins-Valdez; David Pike

Degree discipline

Creative Writing

Degree grantor

American University. College of Arts and Sciences

Degree level

  • Masters

Degree name

M.F.A. in Creative Writing, American University, May 2021

Local identifier

auislandora_94920_OBJ.pdf

Media type

application/pdf

Pagination

126 pages

Access statement

Electronic thesis available to American University authorized users only, per author's request.

Call number

Thesis 11155

MMS ID

99186549403804102

Submission ID

11715

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