Gate of the Sun

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Gate of the Sun is a landmark Arabic novel by Elias Khoury that recounts the Palestinian experience of displacement and memory through interwoven stories of exile and resistance.

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instanceOf Arabic novel
novel
adaptedAs Gate of the Sun self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gate of the Sun (film)
author Elias Khoury
awarded Palestine Book Award
countryOfOrigin Lebanon
criticalReception praised in international literary criticism
widely acclaimed in Arab world
filmDirector Yousry Nasrallah
filmReleaseYear 2004
genre historical novel
literary fiction
political novel
war novel
hasCharacter Khalil
Nahila
Yunes
literaryMovement contemporary Arabic literature
literaryTechnique multiple perspectives
nonlinear narrative
oral history style
mainSubject Palestinian Nakba
surface form: Nakba

Palestinian displacement
Palestinian memory
Palestinian resistance
exile
storytelling
narrativeForm frame narrative
interwoven stories
notableFor epic portrayal of Palestinian refugee experience
innovative narrative structure
originalLanguage Arabic
pageCount approximately 500
publicationYear 1998
publisher Dar al-Adab
setting Galilee
Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon
theme collective memory
identity
loss of homeland
love in wartime
resistance
survival
translatedAs Bab al-Shams
Gate of the Sun self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gate of the Sun (English title)
translator Humphrey Davies

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Arabic literature hasNotableWork Gate of the Sun
Gate of the Sun translatedAs Gate of the Sun self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gate of the Sun (English title)
Gate of the Sun adaptedAs Gate of the Sun self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gate of the Sun (film)