Return: A Palestinian Memoir by Ghada Karmi review – good intentions turn to bitterness and isolation

An exile returns to her homeland to contribute to building a viable state. But what she finds is ‘flotsam and jetsam, scattered and divided’

Doctor, author, academic and political activist Ghada Karmi is versatile, cosmopolitan and highly intelligent, and comes across as both self-absorbed and deeply committed to the struggle for Palestinian rights. She has dual identity as a thoroughly anglicised woman who is also a staunch Palestinian nationalist, adept at presenting the Palestinian case to a western audience.

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