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The Pessoptimist
Emile Habibi
1974
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The tragicomic misadventures of a hapless Palestinian who becomes a citizen of Israel.
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A Palestinian writer and lawmaker from within Israel. His satirical Pessoptimist coined a hero caught between optimism and pessimism — a symbol of Palestinian life inside Israel.
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