Summary Of 'Mornings In Jenin' By Susan Abulhawa

Over the past decades, there has been plenty of conflict between the Israeli and Palestinians. Plenty of authors have taken it upon themselves to write about the issue. The book “Mornings in Jenin” written by Susan Abulhawa gives an insight into the tough hardships many Palestinians had to go through. Susan Abulhawa describes in great detail the generations of a family going through the times of the Zionist movement. The author of “Mornings in Jenin” Susan Abulhawa is a human rights activist as well as a writer. Susan Abulhawa was born in Kuwait meanwhile her parents were from AT-Tur Jerusalem. During her childhood, Susan had to move frequently. She was sent to the US with multiple family members until she ended up in Charlotte North Carolina, under foster care. Although Susan's degree in Neuroscience has nothing to do with this subject regarding the Israelis and Palestinian she did, however, travel to Palestine. According to a 2010 profile, she describes her trip as a reawakening. After the reawakening, she decided to switch her life into pursuing political activism. Abulhawa then joined in the Boycott divestment and sanctions as a speaker for al Awda. According to a 2012 profile, Abulhawa sees the BDS movement as”one of the most effective ways to …show more content…
For example in the historical novel society website, Sarah Bower wrote a critical review about “Mornings in Jenin”. In her review, Sarah Bower talks about her writing style. In her review, she says “ I was particularly irritated by the author’s tendency to use a future conditional tense to tell us what was going to happen to her characters in future. Tell me this on page ten, and why am I going to carry on reading?”. Bower doesn't seem to be too pleased with her writing style because it gives away of what will happen next couple pages. She would much rather read up on the page instead of having to read it