'The House of the Priest': A Palestinian Life (1885-1954)

by Sarah Irving

'The House of the Priest' presents and discusses the hitherto unpublished and untranslated memoirs of Niqula Khoury, a senior member of the Orthodox Church and Arab nationalist in late Ottoman and British Mandate Palestine. It discusses the complicated relationships between language, religion, diplomacy and identity in the Middle East in the interwar period. This original annotated translation and accompanying articles provide a thorough explication...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004515399
• ISBN13: 9789004515390
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 216 Pages