The words of my father love and pain in Palestine

In the Gaza Strip, growing up on land owned by his family for centuries, fourteen-year-old Yousef is preoccupied by video games, school pranks, and meeting his father's impossible high standards. Everything changes when the second Intifada erupts and soldiers occupy the family home, turning it into...

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Main Author: Bashir, Yousef Khalil, 1989- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper Perennial, 2020.
Edition:First Harper Perrenial Ed.
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Summary:In the Gaza Strip, growing up on land owned by his family for centuries, fourteen-year-old Yousef is preoccupied by video games, school pranks, and meeting his father's impossible high standards. Everything changes when the second Intifada erupts and soldiers occupy the family home, turning it into a virtual prison. Over time, Yosef learns the rules of his new life in captivity - but he can't anticipate that an Israeli bullet is about too transform his future in an instant.
Item Description:"Originally publsihed in the United Kingdom in 2018 by Haus Publishing"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:viii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN:0062917331
9780062917331
Author Notes:Yousef Bashir is a Palestinian American from the Gaza Strip and the son of Khalil Bashir, a highly respected educator. Still suffering the effects of a near-catastrophic injury at the hands of an Israel Defense Forces soldier, Yousef made his way to the United States, where he earned a BA in International Affairs from Northeastern University and an MA in Coexistence and Conflict from Brandeis University. Now living in Washington, DC, he has worked on Capitol Hill and served as a member of the Palestinian diplomatic delegation to the United States. Yousef is an accomplished author, a vigorous advocate of Israeli-Palestinian peace, and a much sought-after public speaker.