Memoir by Palestinian intellectual and academic Hisham Sharabi documenting his life from his birth in Jaffa through the 1948 Nakba, his studies in the US, and his decades as a scholar and political activist. Sharabi reflects on Palestinian dispossession, Arab nationalism, the intellectual life of the Palestinian diaspora, and his sustained critique of authoritarian political culture in the Arab world. Recommended for researchers studying Palestinian intellectual history, the Arab nationalist movement, and the experiences of Palestinian academics in the diaspora, this resource is valuable for anyone researching the political and cultural lives of Palestinian intellectuals in exile. Originally published in Arabic in 1978. Translated from its original Arabic by Issa J. Boullata.
