Ashes of a Lost Country

<p>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.</p>