Osama Esber

Jul 15, 2024 | wordswithoutborders.org | Anna Badkhen |Osama Esber |Olivia Snaije |Nina Perrotta

What is exile? A prolonged absence from one’s country imposed as a punitive measure, says Encyclopedia Britannica; from the Latin exsilium, a legal practice the Romans codified into gradations of banishment: temporary or permanent, with or without loss of citizenship or annulation of marriage, with or without confiscation of property.