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Wang, Eun Chull. “History of Suffering in Palestinian Narratives: Intertextual Relationship Between Mornings in Jenin and “Returning to Haifa”.” Studies in English Language and Literature. 40.3 (2014): 51-74. In “Author’s Note” of Mornings in Jenin, Susan Abulhawa acknowledges her debt to Ghassan Kanafani and Edward Said. This paper explores how Kanafani and Said are absorbed and incorporated into Abulhawa’s text. Abulhawa indicates that the “seed” for her novel was his short story “Returning to Haifa” which is “about a Palestinian boy who was raised by the Jewish family that found him in the home they took over in 1948.” Morning in Jenin indeed absorbs, appropriates and even sharpens Kanafani’s story by bringing into the narrative a Palestinian boy who was first ‘kidnapped’ and then raised by the Jewish parents. Abulhawa also incorporated Said’s “disappointment” about lack of literary works containing “the Palestinian narrative.” It is in this context that this paper juxtaposes, compares, and analyzes two intertextual Palestinian narratives. (Chonbuk National University)