When 13-year-old Hayaat's grandmother falls gravely ill, she knows that there's only one thing to do. She vows to bring back a handful of soil from Setti Zeinab's ancestral home in occupied Jerusalem, where her grandmother yearns to return to. Taking along her friend Samy, a daredevil troublemaker who dreams of playing football in Italy, they leave their homes in Bethlehem pretending they are going to school. It is the most dangerous and eventful journey of their lives. They must cross the Wall that divides the land with its watchtowers, checkpoints, barbwire and heavy iron gate.
- ISBN10 9992142081
- ISBN13 9789992142080
- Publish Date 26 April 2010
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 June 2016
- Publish Country QA
- Publisher Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press
- Imprint Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language Arabic