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Guy Mannes-Abbott is a writer based in London and this book focuses on his series of texts reciting his time in the city of Ramallah, Palestine. Published together for the first time, these texts document his surroundings and reveal a glimpse of the city as it has never been seen before. In Ramallah, Running represents a unique encounter with Palestine, interweaving short, poetic, running texts with longer essays describing what Mannes-Abbott encountered during his multiple expeditions within the city. As a whole it conjures the place as well as the people of Ramallah and the surrounding hills and valleys within the Wall to uniquely penetrating effect. The text consists of 14 parts which alternate running within the limits of the city, along the limits of the city, and beyond off limits, discovering how mobile they are. These lyrical, evocative texts generate a very special intimacy with Palestine, with singular style and accumulatively compelling force. Mourid Barghouti, the great Palestinian poet and author of the classic memoir I Saw Ramallah, describes the texts as; ""A cunning simplicity of writing today's Palestine, through the alleys, roads, streets, hills, valleys, days and evenings in and around Ramallah, charged me with love of the art of writing [and] of Palestine. You showed me my place and made me hear my story. I read it in one breath.""

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<br> This comprehensive paperback presents Guy Mannes-Abbott's personal encounter with<br>Palestine through short, poetic texts and in-depth essays...Through compelling force and sensitivity, In Ramallah, Running gives testimony to a place full of deeply etched histories, pain and joy. Canvas Magazine

This comprehensive paperback presents Guy Mannes-Abbott's personal encounter withPalestine through short, poetic texts and in-depth essays...Through compelling force and sensitivity, <i>In Ramallah, Running</i> gives testimony to a place full of deeply etched histories, pain and joy. <i>Canvas Magazine</i> Some contributions are angry, some beautiful, some resigned; some are clear and some more esoteric. All are thought-provoking. <i>The Electronic Intifada</i>

<br> This comprehensive paperback presents Guy Mannes-Abbott's personal encounter with<br>Palestine through short, poetic texts and in-depth essays...Through compelling force and sensitivity, In Ramallah, Running gives testimony to a place full of deeply etched histories, pain and joy. Canvas Magazine <br><br> Some contributions are angry, some beautiful, some resigned; some are clear and some more esoteric. All are thought-provoking. The Electronic Intifada

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Guy Mannes-Abbott has taught at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London and given regular readings of his work. His critical journalism has appeared in The Guardian, New Statesman, Harpers & Queen, TANK and many more. Currently, he writes on visual culture for Bidoun magazine and literary culture for The Independent newspaper. He is the author of a series of widely published texts - poems, stories and aphorisms called ""e.things"". He lives and works in London. Samar Martha is co-founder and Director of ArtSchool Palestine. She is also co-founder of Al Mamal Foundation for Contemporary Art (Jerusalem) and member of the 2nd Riwaq Biennale Committee in Palestine. In London she co-curates the Palestine Film Festival, and has curated exhibitions for Tate Modern. She lives in Palestine and London.

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