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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: "Daughters of Palestine" by Leyla K. King
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DESCRIPTION:This fall\, grab your favorite lunch at noon and tune in to vi
 rtual conversations with the Prince George’s County Office of Human
  Rights and the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System on t
 opics from repairing the effects of racial injustice to fighting for equit
 able access to recovering from exile and loss. Let’s learn together
 !\n.\nhttps://pgcmls.libnet.info/event/14218035
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Lunch and Learn returns with special guest
  Leyla K. King in conversation with the Prince George's County Office of H
 uman Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System discuss
 ing her new book\, "Daughters of Palestine: A Memoir in Five Generations."
 </p>\n<p><strong>Registration not required. Click on the YouTube video lin
 ked below to stream the program live or watch the recording later.</strong
 ></p>\n<p><strong><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/edi
 tor/pgcmls/King_Daughters_of_Palestine_front_cover.jpg" width="350" height
 ="541" alt="" style="display: block\; margin-left: auto\; margin-right: au
 to\;" /><br /></strong></p>\n<p>About the Book:</p>\n<p>From Palestine to 
 Texas in 100 years\, this epic family tale follows five generations of Chr
 istian women as their family&rsquo\;s intimate dramas&mdash\;full of hope\
 , fear\, grief\, and joy&mdash\; play out against a backdrop of violence t
 hat would rip them from their homeland.</p>\n<p>Leyla King has been a keep
 er of family stories since long before she sat down across from her grandm
 other with a tiny cassette tape recorder. And in this beautifully crafted 
 memoir\, she braids matriarchal memory into a vivid saga of love and survi
 val as her ancestors flee war and poverty. From Haifa to Ramallah\, Damasc
 us\, Beirut\, and finally Texas\, Leyla makes global politics deeply perso
 nal as family squabbles\, ambition\, mental illness\, romance\, and religi
 on shape their immigrant journey. Narrated in immersive\, lyrical vignette
 s\,&nbsp\;Daughters of Palestine&nbsp\;is both an urgent testimony from Pa
 lestinian Christians and a timeless story of resilience.<br />&nbsp\;<br /
 >&ldquo\;We start with laughing now. Now\, in the comfort of my own home\,
  with steaming cups of tea before us and the promise of the cookies I made
  yesterday awaiting us in the kitchen\, we share these stories\, to be rec
 orded and retained and remembered\, with joy and thankfulness. But it wasn
 &rsquo\;t always that way. There was much suffering\, too. To get to this 
 place\, this moment\, with Leylati\, there was first pain and heartache an
 d so much loss. . . . We start with laughing now\, but before that\, first
 \, there was Za&rsquo\;leh.&rdquo\;</p>\n<p><img src="https://static.libne
 t.info/frontend-images/editor/pgcmls/Screenshot_2025-07-22_134821.jpg" wid
 th="350" height="520" alt="" style="display: block\; margin-left: auto\; m
 argin-right: auto\;" /></p>\n<p>About the author:&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Leyla K. 
 King&nbsp\;is a Palestinian American Episcopal priest and writer. She is a
  founding member of Palestinian Anglicans and Clergy Allies (Palestinianan
 glicans.org) and The Small Churches Big Impact Collective (smallchurchesbi
 gimpact.org). Currently\, she serves as the Canon for Mission in Small Con
 gregations for the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas.</p>\n<p style="text-al
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