Ever Land
Palestine

Ever Land

by Amy Abdelnoor

Identity & Belonging Literary Fiction Fiction 2026

Summary

Set in Israel and Palestine in 2000, Ever Land follows two teenage girls whose lives become intertwined across time. Dinah, a Jewish teenager from London, moves to Israel with her family after the death of her beloved father. Struggling to adjust to her new surroundings, she feels increasingly disconnected from the life she has been forced to leave behind.

Meanwhile, Safa, a fourteen-year-old Palestinian girl killed during the Six-Day War in 1967, remains trapped in a mysterious limbo she calls the In-Between. Unable to move on without discovering what happened to her younger sister, Nur, Safa watches Dinah settle into the very house where she once lived. When an opportunity to find Nur emerges decades after Safa’s death, she realizes that Dinah may be the key to uncovering the truth.

Moving between past and present, Abdelnoor explores displacement, historical memory, belonging, and the human connections that cross political and cultural divisions. Through the contrasting experiences of two young women, the novel examines how history shapes identity and how confronting the past can open possibilities for understanding and compassion.

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Amy Abdelnoor
Amy Abdelnoor

Amy Abdelnoor is a British Arab novelist and English teacher based in London. She studied English and Arabic at the University of Cambridge, and her writing is deeply influenced by her connections to the Arab world and her experiences living in Palestine and Lebanon. In her early twenties, Abdelnoor lived and worked in the West Bank and in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. These experiences shaped her understanding of displacement, identity, and the lasting effects of political conflict, eventually inspiring her debut novel, Ever Land (2026). An early version of the novel was shortlisted for the 2023 Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize. In Ever Land, Abdelnoor interweaves the stories of Dinah, a Jewish teenager from London, and Safa, a Palestinian girl killed during the Six-Day War, exploring how personal lives are shaped by history, memory, and displacement. Through her fiction, Abdelnoor brings human complexity to histories of conflict, examining belonging, family, and the possibility of connection across deep divisions. She is married and has three children.

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