Chosen as one of the best translated books of 2022 by New York Times PDF of English translation available ‘In Barghouthi’s work, nescience and speculation are preferred over certainty and assertion. Nevertheless, the Israeli presence and its suppression of freedoms loom over Among the Almond Trees as Barghouthi portrays himself wandering through the land of his youth. But he seems to be asking us to regard this oppression as a recurring element in human history—while the individual perceives in his solitary history the perennial struggles discovered in world literature.’—On the Seawall ‘“No one can return to his beginnings, even occasionally, unless he goes to his history, to himself in history,” writes Barghouti. The same can be said for Palestinian identity which he brings out through asserting Palestinian history though his own recollections and those of his family. What becomes of the writer and his writings? What becomes of the narrative upon death and how will words live on? How does identity prevail and how does it transform? Barghouti's writing has resonance and additional readings of this book will undoubtedly raise much awareness and many questions. Time becomes both timeless and a limitation. Barghouti's memoir, while deeply personal, cannot but invoke the same existential questioning for Palestine.’—Middle East Monitor ‘The reinscription of the magical into history constitutes a strong affective claim on the land; a claim that the author believes to be more powerful than that of the divine, perhaps because it is in harmony with the fauna and the flora of Palestine. […] Ibrahim Muhawi’s masterful translation of this highly complex memoir is a much-needed step in the further dissemination of Arabic autobiographical writing at the global stage.’—Middle East Books Review