Memoir by Edward Said recounting his childhood in Palestine, Egypt, and Lebanon before and after the 1948 Nakba, exploring the formation of his sense of identity across languages, cultures, and displacements. Said traces how his Palestinian origin, cosmopolitan upbringing, and the experience of living 'out of place' between worlds shaped his intellectual and political commitments. One of the most celebrated Palestinian literary memoirs in English. A widely read and critically acclaimed memoir essential for anyone studying Edward Said's intellectual biography, Palestinian diaspora identity, and the cultural formation of major Palestinian intellectual figures.
