{"product_id":"hidden-companions-english-edition-by-ahmad-nabil","title":"HIDDEN COMPANIONS (English) Edition) by Ahmad Nabil","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Old City of Jerusalem comes alive in Ahmad Nabil’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHidden Companions\u003c\/em\u003e, a testimonial and visual archive of Palestinian folklore, now translated into English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA man wakes every day to find coins under his pillow, a young lonely girl strikes up a friendship with a spectral voice, a veiled woman changes form to delude ordinary senses, a petite girl in all black breaches a group of young girls returning from a wedding, a goat and her two kids draw an unsuspecting young man into a hidden room, a group of curious boys conjure the spirit of Marx. Jinns and ghouls, guardians and tricksters, wizards and possessors. In the Old City of Jerusalem, the Unseen beings are a natural element of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith rich, vivid descriptions and in stunning illustrations, Ahmad Nabil weaves a literary account of paranormal stories: held, shared in whisper networks, relayed over conversations, and passed down as inheritance. This English translation by Fatema Alhashemi traces a captivating world largely unseen in popular narrative. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAhmad Nabil\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a visual artist and researcher in the fields of Arab and Islamic mythology and paranormal phenomena. He focuses on their relationship to land, natural resources, and their integration into intangible heritage for the preservation of land and collective memory. In 2015, he founded The Fiction Council in Jerusalem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eFor more information, see\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/thefictioncouncil.org\/\"\u003ehttp:\/\/thefictioncouncil.org\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFatema Alhashemi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a Bahraini writer, artist, and translator based in\u003cbr\u003eNew York City. She has translated several poetry collections, including\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eRemember I Was a Good Man\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Ahmed Saleh and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAsh and Ai\u003c\/em\u003er by Nadine\u003cbr\u003eMurtaja. She is currently writing an Arabic-language short story collection\u003cbr\u003ethat reimagines global mythology through contemporary characters\u003cbr\u003eset in imagined Arab cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJenna Hamed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an artist and art worker based in Queens, New\u003cbr\u003eYork with roots in Jerusalem, Palestine. Jenna’s background in tactile-\u003cbr\u003edriven analog practices and critical examination of art production\u003cbr\u003ehas influenced her current interests in documentation methods via\u003cbr\u003eimage-making, poetics, archiving through the book format. In 2024,\u003cbr\u003eshe established Jay Seven Inc., a studio-gallery in Brooklyn dedicated\u003cbr\u003eto producing art installations and publishing initiatives rooted in craft,\u003cbr\u003eresearch and constraints.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arab American National Museum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49233445945496,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0318\/0585\/files\/hc_english_frontcover.jpg?v=1781278284","url":"https:\/\/store.arabamericanmuseum.org\/products\/hidden-companions-english-edition-by-ahmad-nabil","provider":"Arab American National Museum","version":"1.0","type":"link"}