{"id":7694,"date":"2016-10-04T16:28:55","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T20:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.ryerson.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=7694"},"modified":"2024-08-12T10:45:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T14:45:58","slug":"issa-j-boullata","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/issa-j-boullata\/","title":{"rendered":"Issa J. Boullata"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"bottomborder\">\n<div class=\"narrow\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<p>Issa J. Boullata was born in Jerusalem, Palestine in 1929. He studied at the University of London, eventually earning a PhD in Arabic literature in 1969. He taught Arabic studies in Hartford, Conn. before moving to Montreal where he taught at the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University. He has published several books about Arabic literature, the Qur&#8217;an, and translated Arabic literature into English. Some of his works have been translated into English. Boullata died in May 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"bottomborder\">\n<div class=\"narrow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7695 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2016\/10\/True-Arab-Love-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"true-arab-love-book-cover\" width=\"130\" height=\"208\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2016\/10\/True-Arab-Love-book-cover.jpg 130w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2016\/10\/True-Arab-Love-book-cover-94x150.jpg 94w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 130px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 130\/208;\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<h3>Fiction (Short stories)<\/h3>\n<h3>True Arab Love: Stories<\/h3>\n<p>Westmount, Quebec: Linda Leith Publishing, 2016.<a href=\"https:\/\/torontomu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?vid=01OCUL_TMU:01OCUL_TMU&#038;docid=alma991001923009708636\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/torontomu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?vid=01OCUL_TMU:01OCUL_TMU&#038;docid=alma991007327239708636\">PS8603 .O9388 T78 2016 <\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis (from its website)<\/h4>\n<p>Abdallah\u2019s encounter with the military governor on the eve of his departure for America opens this collection of stories, and Khalil al-Ibrahami\u2019s moving search for his lost fianc\u00e9e in Jerusalem closes the collection. In between, Issa J. Boullata\u2019s stories show what it\u2019s like to be an Arab from Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, or Egypt making a new life as an immigrant in Canada or the United States. This is what it is, to be displaced. This is what it is to leave your home and start over in a new country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"bottomborder\">\n<div class=\"narrow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7696 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2016\/10\/The-Bells-of-Memory-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"the-bells-of-memory-book-cover\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2016\/10\/The-Bells-of-Memory-book-cover.jpg 160w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2016\/10\/The-Bells-of-Memory-book-cover-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 160px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 160\/160;\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<h3>Non-fiction (Memoir)<\/h3>\n<h3>The Bells of Memory: A Palestinian Boyhood in Jerusalem<\/h3>\n<p>Westmount, Quebec: Linda Leith Publishing, 2014.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/torontomu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?vid=01OCUL_TMU:01OCUL_TMU&#038;docid=alma991007348539708636\">DS109.93 .B67 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"bottomborder\">\n<div class=\"narrow\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\n<p>Publisher <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lindaleith.com\/pages\/splash\">Linda Leith Publishing <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Issa J. Boullata <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urgelbourgie.com\/en\/necrology-obituaries\/54805-issa-j-boullata\">online obituary<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Issa J. Boullata was born in Jerusalem, Palestine in 1929. He studied at the University of London, eventually earning a PhD in Arabic literature in 1969. 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