The Catastrophe of 1948, generally known as the Nakba, is one of the most traumatic calamities in the history of Palestinian people. It has deeply affected a whole population for generations. The Nakba has ever since become the key site of Palestinian collective memory and a reference to their national identity. The Nakba is not a mere memory or a trauma of the past, instead it suggests a continuity of pain and struggle flowing from the past into the present. To document and preserve those historical events is of prime importance to Palestinians. It is a need to protect the collective Palestinian identity and culture, a need to keep a written record for the next generations. More importantly, it is a need to establish a counter narrative that serves as resistance to the distorted Zionist version and various attempts at silencing Palestinian voices. The genre of documentary fiction generally refers to the novels that are based on facts and are documented by the author. The use of such a genre fits the need to communicate traumatic history to reach a wider audience. This paper examines the novel Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa as a representative of a Palestinian documentary novel. It shows through using different techniques how blending the documented facts with a fictional plot gives a clear understanding of the subject.
Shahwan, F. A. (2022). Documenting the Nakba in Susan Abulhawa’s Mornings in Jenin 2010. Buhūth, 2(7), 14-28. doi: 10.21608/buhuth.2022.163679.1419
MLA
Fatema AlZahraa Shahwan. "Documenting the Nakba in Susan Abulhawa’s Mornings in Jenin 2010". Buhūth, 2, 7, 2022, 14-28. doi: 10.21608/buhuth.2022.163679.1419
HARVARD
Shahwan, F. A. (2022). 'Documenting the Nakba in Susan Abulhawa’s Mornings in Jenin 2010', Buhūth, 2(7), pp. 14-28. doi: 10.21608/buhuth.2022.163679.1419
VANCOUVER
Shahwan, F. A. Documenting the Nakba in Susan Abulhawa’s Mornings in Jenin 2010. Buhūth, 2022; 2(7): 14-28. doi: 10.21608/buhuth.2022.163679.1419
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