World Lit Knowledge
This term refers to literary works that circulate beyond their country of origin, often through translation.
What is World Literature
This territory is divided into two main regions: the West Bank and this coastal strip.
What is the Gaza Strip?
This Palestinian poet wrote the famous line, “Write down! I am an Arab.”
Who is Mahmoud Darwish?
What author wrote the contemporary novel "The Coin," telling the story of a Palestinian woman who gets caught up in a Birken selling heist.
Who is Yasmin Zaher?
World literature often highlights shared themes like love, war, and identity, showing this across cultures.
What is universality?
This process allows works written in one language to reach global audiences.
What is translation
This Mediterranean body of water borders the Gaza Strip to the west.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This film depicts a Palestinian widow who's life is uprooted when an Israeli Defense Minister moves next door to her.
What is "Lemon Tree."
Author Zaina Arafat wrote this novel to tell the story of a Palestinian woman navigating life in the USA in her 20s.
What is "You Exist Too Much?"
This media outlet published a story about Palestinian families being evicted from homes in East Jerusalem.
What is the New York Times?
Reading texts from many countries can challenge this limited, single-culture viewpoint.
What is ethnocentrism?
This holy city is significant to Muslims, Christians, and Jews and is claimed as a capital by Palestinians.
What is Jerusalem?
"Displaced in Gaza" uses these instead of statistics to show what is happening in Palestine
What are personal stories, poems, and testimonies.
Per "In Gaza, Stories from the Gaza Genocide," approximately what percentage of Palestinians have been displaced since the war began?
What is 90 percent?
This text tells the story of a Palestinian family across generations from the mid 20th century to present day.
What is "Salt Houses?"
Studying world literature exposes readers to diverse traditions, histories, and this broader human experience.
What is global perspective.
This river forms part of the eastern boundary of the West Bank.
What is the Jordan River?
Define the word "Rifqa," and state its importance.
What is compassion/kindness
It is the name of the author's grandmother, connecting to the themes of memory and family
Rifqa is made up of this number of distinct poems.
What is 30?
This set of agreements in the 1990s aimed to create a framework for peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
What are the Oslo Accords?
This debate centers on whether global recognition favors Western works over others.
What is Eurocentrism
This 1967 war resulted in Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
What is the Six-Day war?
Olive trees represent this in "Rifqa."
What is connection to land, identity, and resilience
This group imposed the term "Perfect Victims," on victims in Gaza.
Who are well-meaning activists?
This quote "Birth lasts longer than death. In Palestine, death is sudden, instant, constant. Happens in between breaths," comes from this Palestinian text.
What is "Rifqa?"