Dalia Al-Dujaili

Babylon, Albion (eBook, ePUB)

A Personal History of Myth and Migration

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

I have ancient land inside of me. Inside of me, there is a river. In fact, rivers. Inside of me, the Euphrates and the Tigris and the Nile converge to meet the pebbles of Brighton Beach, where my mother taught me the pure pleasure of a 99p Flake. Whoever said nature is still has not borne witness to the migration of the seasons. In this striking exploration of identity and place, Dalia Al-Dujaili considers what it means to belong in your land. Tracing the rich heritage of both the oak and the date palm, Iraqi marshes and Loch Ness monsters, Al-Dujaili marries Arab and Islamic mythology with the English and Christian pastoral. She draws from a rich array of sources to consider in a new light the communal lush, wild - and at times, dark - places we share. A love song to Britain, Iraq and the body of earth we hold in common, Babylon, Albion is an urgent reimaging of what it means to be native.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Saqi Books
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781849250726
• Artikelnr.: 73472408

Autorenporträt

Dalia Al-Dujaili is an Iraqi-British writer, editor and producer based in London. She tells stories from the SWANA region and diaspora and reports on community-led stories from the margins. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, Huck, The New Arab among others. Dalia is the Digital Editor of AZEEMAMagazine and the founder of The Road to Nowhere magazine. She has worked with migrant charities including Paper Airplanes, Restless Beings, Counterpoints, Gaza Library, the IRC and The Migrant Rights Network. In 2023 she was the Producer of Refugee Week. Dalia holds a first-class degree in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh.