‘THE GEOGRAPHY AND THE EVENT’

Abstract

‘The Geography and the Event’ seeks to ‘misread’ (along the lines suggested by the volume's English translator) Mahmoud Darwish's Memory for Forgetfulness, the poet's memoir of the Israeli siege of Beirut in the summer of 1982, by way of comparison/contrast with the 2009 Goldstone Report (‘Human Rights in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories’) on the Israeli three-week siege of Gaza (Operation Cast Lead) in late 2008–2009.