Mornings in Jenin

n 1948, residents of Ein Hod are forcibly removed by the newly formed State of Israel and taken to the Jenin refugee camp, where Amal is born. But during the family’s eviction from their ancestral village, Ishmael, Amal’s brother, is stolen in the mayhem of people fleeing for their lives. Just a baby, Ishmael is raised by a Jewish family and grows up as David, an Israeli soldier. It is not until the 1967 war when Yousef, Amal’s eldest brother, comes face to face with David, his brother - the Jew. Mornings in Jenin weaves history, friendship, love, frayed identity, terrorism, exhaustion of spirit, surrender and courage into a gripping, poignant and significant novel.