A Country of Words: A Palestinian Journey from the Refugee Camp to the Front Page

Few lives reflect their times as much as the life of Abdel Bari Atwan. Born in a refugee camp in Gaza in 1950, he left aged seventeen and has since become one of the world’s foremost commentators on the Middle East.In this revealing memoir, Atwan recounts with humour and honesty his extraordinary journey. He depicts both the horror of camp massacres and the unexpected consequences of Britain’s involvement in the region – such as when a British paratrooper fell from the sky with his sizeable parachute and everyone in his mother’s village got new silk trousers.Alongside the trials and tribulations of displacement, Atwan relates the culture shock of moving to 1970s London and shows London’s famous Edgware Road in an entirely new light.Atwan shares...