{"id":3651,"date":"2017-09-19T17:24:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T11:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fableandi.com\/?p=3651"},"modified":"2020-03-11T11:05:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T05:35:12","slug":"salt-houses-hala-alyan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/salt-houses-hala-alyan\/","title":{"rendered":"Salt Houses by Hala Alayan : When You are Forced to Run; and Run"},"content":{"rendered":"
The story of a Palestinian family undergoing forced and voluntary displacements because of no fault of their own.<\/p>\n
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The novel starts in Nablus, Palestine, in 1963, with Salma reading the future in a coffee cup on her daughter Alia\u2019s wedding day. The family had relocated to Nablus from Jaffa, which became a part of the new-Israel, fifteen years ago. Alia is married to Atef who is a friend of her brother, Mustafa. Salma is still grieving for Jaffa when the family members have to flee from Nablus after the Six-Day War in 1967. Salma joins the extended family in Jordan while Alia and her husband, Atef, move to Kuwait City and raise a family there. Alia\u2019s brother, Mustafa, is killed and this haunts Atef throughout his life. In 1990, Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait and the family is dispersed again. Alia and Atef\u2019s children move to Paris, Boston and Beirut.<\/p>\n
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