Ashes of a lost country

The author was born in a village in Palestine where he spent his childhood and part of his boyhood.This stage of his life was a mixture of joy, mischief, and misery.After his mother's death, he

The author was born in a village in Palestine where he spent his childhood and part of his boyhood.This stage of his life was a mixture of joy, mischief, and misery.After his mother's death, he was entered into a boarding military school in Jordan.In 1967, after the Israelis had swept his country, he became homeless.After secondary school, he was given a scholarship to study in Algeria.While living in Algeria, he befriended some French individuals who invited him to France, where he found refuge and deep friendship in the peasants' French community.