I need to understand more of the history of the Palestinian people. And this book helped amazingly. From the 1913 Arab National Congress to the 1936 British army offensive it educated and engaged me. I learn though story and following Mehat as a young Arab student journeying to Paris, through to his witnessing violent martial law in his hometown 2 decades later. I learnt, I empathised and I was deeply saddened. Can‘t believe this is a debut.