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Though I Know the River is Dry

010 / 23 July 2017

 

Omar Robert Hamilton

Though I Know the River is Dry

14 mins 32 secs

 

He has returned to Palestine. On the fraught road through the country he relives the choice that sent him to America and the forces of history now driving him home.

 

About the author

Omar Robert Hamilton

Omar Robert Hamilton is an award-winning filmmaker and writer. He has written for the Guardian, the London Review of Books, Mada Masr and Guernica. He co-founded the Palestine Festival of Literature and the Mosireen media collective in Cairo. His debut novel, The City Always Wins, will be published in 2017.