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Babylon, Albion
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Babylon, Albion

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I have ancient land inside of me.

Inside of me, there is a river.

In fact, rivers.

Inside of me, the Euphrates and the Tigris and the Nile converge to meet the pebbles of Brighton Beach, where my mother taught me the pure pleasure of a 99p Flake.

Whoever said nature is still has not borne witness to the migration of the seasons.

In this striking exploration of identity and place, Dalia Al-Dujaili considers what it means to belong in your land. Tracing the rich heritage of both the oak and the date palm, Iraqi marshes and Loch Ness monsters, Al-Dujaili marries Arab and Islamic mythology with the English and Christian pastoral. She draws from a rich array of sources to consider in a new light the communal lush, wild - and at times, dark - places we share.

A love song to Britain, Iraq and the body of earth we hold in common, Babylon, Albion is an urgent reimaging of what it means to be native.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Saqi Books
Country
United Kingdom
Date
26 August 2025
Pages
192
ISBN
9781849250719

I have ancient land inside of me.

Inside of me, there is a river.

In fact, rivers.

Inside of me, the Euphrates and the Tigris and the Nile converge to meet the pebbles of Brighton Beach, where my mother taught me the pure pleasure of a 99p Flake.

Whoever said nature is still has not borne witness to the migration of the seasons.

In this striking exploration of identity and place, Dalia Al-Dujaili considers what it means to belong in your land. Tracing the rich heritage of both the oak and the date palm, Iraqi marshes and Loch Ness monsters, Al-Dujaili marries Arab and Islamic mythology with the English and Christian pastoral. She draws from a rich array of sources to consider in a new light the communal lush, wild - and at times, dark - places we share.

A love song to Britain, Iraq and the body of earth we hold in common, Babylon, Albion is an urgent reimaging of what it means to be native.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Saqi Books
Country
United Kingdom
Date
26 August 2025
Pages
192
ISBN
9781849250719