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Ever Land
  • Published: 9 July 2026
  • ISBN: 9781804955468
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384

Ever Land

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7 July 2026
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9 July 2026
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9 July 2026
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A gripping and powerful story of connection and displacement set in 2000s Palestine

'Cleverly conceived and brilliantly engaging . . . a powerful novel. Read this' PRISCILLA MORRIS
'Ambitious and complex but handled with impressive ease' ROSE TREMAIN
'A brave book ... It rings with truth' ELIZABETH LAIRD
'Piercing, personal, necessary' COLUM MCCANN

It is the year 2000 when Dinah, a Jewish teenager from London, arrives in Israel with her family. Still reeling from the death of her beloved dad, the idea of having to start all over again daunts her. Dinah isn’t quite sure what to make of this seemingly pristine place: her new life seems soulless and suffocating.

Another teenager, Safa, watches Dinah settle in. A fourteen-year-old Palestinian who was shot and killed decades ago in the Six Day War, Safa is caught in a limbo which she calls the ‘In-Between’. She is unable to fully pass on without knowing what happened to her younger sister, Nur, who is still alive somewhere. Thirty-three years after her death, the possibility of finding her is suddenly within reach – but she needs Dinah to help her.

Alternating between past and present, and between Safa and Dinah, Ever Land is a gripping and powerful story that sheds light on the ongoing occupation of Palestine. It is a tale of belonging and identity, of devastation and displacement and – ultimately – of the enduring universality of humanity and love.
  • Published: 9 July 2026
  • ISBN: 9781804955468
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384
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About the author

Amy Abdelnoor

Amy Abdelnoor is a British Arab writer and English teacher. She studied English and Arabic at the University of Cambridge. She lived and worked in the West Bank and in refugee camps in Lebanon in her early twenties. These experiences inspired Ever Land, her debut novel, an early iteration of which was shortlisted for the 2023 Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize. She is married with three children.
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Praise for Ever Land

This is a brave book, researched with diligence and written with heartfelt sincerity. Amy Abdelnoor has produced a remarkable story that shines a powerful light on one of the most tragic conflicts of our time. It rings with truth.

Elizabeth Laird

Cleverly conceived and brilliantly engaging . . . a powerful novel. Read this.

Priscilla Morris

Ambitious and complex but handled with impressive ease

Rose Tremain

A vital tale about the biggest humanitarian crisis of our times. Abdelnoor’s novel masterfully interweaves two women’s lives in modern Palestine, decades apart, to portray true belonging in a land whose past will not be forgotten. For anyone looking to really understand the Israeli occupation of Palestine, this is the book.

Michael Warren, author of 'The Cuckoo's Lea'

A tender tale of modern Palestine, it should be read by anyone who wants to learn about the great tragedy of our age.

Alexandra Pringle

Amy Abdelnoor's novel tells the story of the Middle East in a way that we might not find in our newspapers or on our computer screens. Ever Land is a piercing story that feels personal, necessary and handmade.

Colum McCann

Ever Land is an urgent and timely story of how hearts, minds and lives of all young people are constrained and brutally misshapen to reproduce the oppressive systems into which we are born without prior choice. With a bold leap of imaginative good faith Abdelnoor fuses the atoms of occupied and occupier, past and present, living and dead souls, in an engrossing and often heart-stopping story of ethical, political and sexual awakening that is both page-turning and profound.

Rachel Holmes

Ever Land is a brave, beautifully written novel - tender and devastating in equal measure. Through the intertwined voices of Dinah and Safa, Amy Abdelnoor renders Palestinian lives with a clarity and compassion that cannot be looked away from, revealing how history lives inside the everyday and how connection can exist across the most brutal divides. It is an ambitious, assured debut, and I finished it utterly bereft.

Grace Walker, The Merge (Radio 2 Bookclub Pick December 2025)

A stunning debut that takes the reader on an intimate journey to the heart of the Palestinian story. Laced with the unique perspectives of her own experiences, Amy Abdelnoor has created a story of exceptional power and intensity. A must-read novel filled with surprising revelations and thrilling twists.

Matt Dickinson, author of 'The Death Zone'