Amy Abdelnoor - Ever Land

Join us for this special discussionof Ever Land by Author Amy Abdelnoor. This will be hosted in Hadeel, making it a limited, intimate event.
About this Event

(This event is free but the capacity of the venue is limited so reserving your spot is encouraged. There will be seating available.)

Discover a novel of belonging and identity, of devastation and displacement and – ultimately – of the enduring universality of humanity and love.

It is the year 2000 when Dinah, a Jewish teenager from London, arrives in Israel with her family. Still reeling from the death of her beloved dad, the idea of having to start all over again daunts her. Dinah isn’t quite sure what to make of this seemingly pristine place: her new life seems soulless and suffocating. Another teenager, Safa, watches Dinah settle in. A fourteen-year-old Palestinian who was shot and killed decades ago in the Six Day War, Safa is caught in a limbo which she calls the ‘In-Between’. She is unable to fully pass on without knowing what happened to her younger sister, Nur, who is still alive somewhere. Thirty-three years after her death, the possibility of finding her is suddenly within reach – but she needs Dinah to help her. Alternating between past and present, and between Safa and Dinah, is a gripping and powerful story that sheds light on the ongoing occupation of Palestine.

Our speaker:

Amy Abdelnoor is a British Arab author, writer and teacher; her maternal grandfather was Lebanese. She studied English and Arabic at the University of Cambridge. She lived and worked in the West Bank and in refugee camps in Lebanon in her early twenties, experiences that inspired Ever Land, her debut novel, an early iteration of which was shortlisted for the 2023 Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize.

Copies of this book will be availble to buy at the event or from Hadeel online here.