![]() Amal's is a story of love and loss, of childhood, marriage and parenthood, and finally the need to share her history with her daughter, to preserve the greatest love she has."-BOOK JACKETĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 21:14:48 Boxid IA138901 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donorīostonpubliclibrary Edition 1st U.S. Amal's own dramatic story threads its way through six decades of Palestinian-Israeli tension, eventually taking her into exile in Pennsylvania in America. Through Amal, the bright granddaughter of the patriarch, we witness the stories of her brothers: one, a stolen boy who becomes an Israeli soldier the other who in sacrificing everything for the Palestinian cause will become his enemy. The Abulheja family are forcibly removed from their ancestral home in Ein Hod and sent to live in a refugee camp in Jenin. As they move through the trees the green fruits drop onto the orchard floor the ancient cycle of the seasons providing another bountiful harvest." "1948. In the small village of Ein Hod a father leads a procession of his family and workers through the olive groves. Previously published in 2006 under title: The scar of David ![]()
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