İbrâhîm Nasrallâh and his novel Tuyûru'l-Hazer

Modern Arabic literature became evident and developed in Jordan and Palestine later than other countries. This situation is related to Jordan and Palestine's center of political turmoil in the XX th century and most litterateurs' migration to the West. The Palestinian issue has become one of the main issues in Arab literature, as it has become the political policy of the Arab states. Arab litterateurs have tried to raise the awareness of the society in this direction by reflecting the Palestinian issue to their works. One of these litterateurs is Jordanian poet and writer Ibrâhîm Nasrallâh who is Palestinian origin. The Palestinian issue is the source of Nasrallah's literary works. Nasrallâh carried out his duties such as teaching, journalism and vice principal with his literary works. İbrâhîm Nasrallâh has more than fifty works on poetry, novel, autobiography, cinema criticism and art. There are three novel series in which İbrâhîm Nasrallâh is about the recent history of Palestine. El-Melhâtu'l-Filestîniyye series, in which Palestine's recent history was handled with an ironic approach, has enabled Nasrallah to have an international reputation. Tuyûru'l-hazer is the first novel of the series and what happened between 1948-67 is told in the novel. The novel deals with the extraordinary challenges faced by Palestinian refugees having been emigrated to Jordan through the life story of the character called "Little". Addressing the difficulties experienced by the refugees in a tragic language, Nasrallah put the symbolic meanings on the characters. The novel sheds light on the political, social and social life of the period. Keywords Arab Literature, Palestine, İbrâhîm Nasrallâh, el-Melhâtu'l-Filestîniyye, Tuyûru'l-hazer.