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.
