Golda Slept Here Attarine School Nadia is maturing into womanhood

Nadia is maturing into womanhood in a refugee community in Damascus

Maihud is an imaginary portrait of the human struggle: he wanders aimlessly from one exile to another

Al-Mohannadi shows how he overcame childhood fears

A highly original novel by one of Mexico’s most important storytellers

Golda Slept Here Attarine School Nadia is maturing into womanhoodSuad Amiry traces the lives of individual members of Palestinian families and, through them, the histories of both Palestine and the migr Palestinian community in other countries of the Middle East. Amiry mixes nostalgia with anger while mocking Israeli doublespeak that seeks to wipe out any trace of a Palestinian past in West Jerusalem. She juxtaposes serial bombardments and personal tragedies, evokes the sights and smells of Palestinian architecture