“Application 39”
| Title | “Application 39” |
| Year for Search | 2019 |
| Authors | Masoud, Ahmed(b. 1981) |
| Secondary Authors | Ghalayin, Basma |
| Secondary Title | Palestine + 100 [Cover adds Stories from a century after the Nakba] |
| Pagination | 117-141 |
| Date Published | 2019 |
| Publisher | Comma Press |
| Place Published | Np |
| ISSN Number | 978-1-91097-444-5 |
| Keywords | Male author, Palestinian author, UK author |
| Annotation | The story is set in Gaza City in a future in which each city in Gaza is and independent republic with varying degrees of cooperation and tension, all under Israeli hegemony, with Israel constantly sending drones into each city that may arrest or even kill anyone. The focus of the story is two young men who, as a joke, apply to a have the Olympics held in Gaza City, with their application being successful, producing conflict with the other cities and, in particular, Israel. It was adapted for broadcast on German radio. |
| Info Notes | The story was adapted for broadcast on German radio. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | The Palestinian author (b. 1981) was raised in the Gaza Strip and moved to the U.K. in 2002, where he studied English literature, earning a BA, MA, and PhD. He founded the Al Zaytouna Dance Theatre and the PalArts Collective, has written a number of plays that have been performed in London and elsewhere, and a number of novels. |
| Full Text | 2019 Masoud, Ahmed (b. 1981). “Application 39.” Palestine + 100 [Cover adds Stories from a century after the Nakba]. Ed. Basma Ghalayin (Np: Comma Press, 2019), 117-141. PSt The story is set in Gaza City in a future in which each city in Gaza is and independent republic with varying degrees of cooperation and tension, all under Israeli hegemony, with Israel constantly sending drones into each city that may arrest or even kill anyone. The focus of the story is two young men who, as a joke, apply to a have the Olympics held in Gaza City, with their application being successful, producing conflict with the other cities and, in particular, Israel. It was adapted for broadcast on German radio. The Palestinian author was raised in the Gaza Strip and moved to the U.K. in 2002, where he studied English literature, earning a BA, MA, and PhD. He founded the Al Zaytouna Dance Theatre and the PalArts Collective, has written a number of plays that have been performed in London and elsewhere, and a number of novels. |
