A novel that opens immediately with the rupture that is so prevalent in the Palestinian experience, The Slightest Green (Interlink Publishing, 2025) immediately presents land as the central theme. Sundus, a widow whose son Hafez is dying of cancer, is living under threat of eviction by Abdul Waheed, who had stolen the deeds to her land and forged her husband’s signature. The villagers suspect him of stealing Palestinian land and reselling to the settler-colonists; it is the threat of settlement expansion that Abdul Waheed brings up when trying to coax Palestinians into his schemes. Crucially, the identity of Abdul Waheed is a mystery to the villagers – no one knows his identity or family. “Others say he is more than […]
