Mornings in Jenin

With over one million copies sold worldwide, a modern classic of Palestinian literature from “a major writer of our time” (Alice Walker).

“Timeless in its truth.”-Fattima Bhutto

“Powerful and passionate.”-Michael Palin
“A novel to savor.”-Maureen Corrigan
“Relevant, powerful, emotional and vivid.”-Bidisha Mamat

Mornings in Jenin is a heart-wrenching multi-generational account of one family's struggle and survival through the decades before and after Zionist colonization and theft of Palestine. Carrying us from Ein Hod to Jenin to Jerusalem, to Lebanon, then to the anonymity of America and finally back to Occupied Palestine, it is a novel of vital importance, “[affirming] all that is enduring and valuable in the undefeated human spirit” (Hanan Ashrawi).

“Affects me emotionally in a way only great novels can.”-Henning Mankell
“Achingly beautiful.”-Saleem Haddad
“When we grow numb to horror, when our minds slam shut in shock and denial, sometimes a story can slip to reawaken our humanity. This is that story, never more relevant.”-Laline Paull

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Published Feb 15, 2010

352 pages

Average rating: 8.87

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thenextgoodbook
Sep 04, 2025
8/10 stars
Very interesting book. It was written from a total Palestinian viewpoint and that is a view I do not hear very often. It certainly gave you a different perspective on the events surrounding the middle east.
Rayna
Dec 11, 2023
9/10 stars
I have many questions about the last 25 pages or so - the wild difference in pacing combined with historical events that had been threaded so well throughout the rest of the novel felt like a drastic shift - but this was truly an incredibly powerful story told with such lyricism. It’s hard not to imagine you’re right there while reading, especially in conjunction with the current rise in ongoing genocidal attacks against Palestinians in 2023.

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