From Hamama to Montreal

This book reveals key untold stories andscenes from the life of a Palestinian whocomes from the Palestinian village ofHamama. The book unfolds its storiesthrough the different stages and diversecontexts the author has been through.It is neither a historical record nor anautobiography as it may appear at firstsight, rather an intricate account of thetragedies and calamities endured by tensof thousands of Palestinians. The book isneither written as a political discourse, analysis, or a criticism, noris it a description of battles and behaviors. It is a whoop of sadnessand grief of a people whose homeland was usurped and is still livingin them.In preparing this book, it was meant to be free of any derogation orbelittlement of anybody. I did not communicate everything and wascontent with such allusions that maintain ones dignity. Indeed, thisbookby uncovering the misfortunes and atrocities Palestinianchildren, men, and women went through is profoundly a messageto the future generations of Arabs who did not see these scenesinto reality.The book is a flash of knowledge, a document for researchers, anda source of enlightenment for readers and students alike. It containsinvaluable scenes from a substantial span of time since Field MarshalEdmund Allenby entered Jerusalem after his triumph over the Ottomanarmies in World War I and said, Today, the crusades have ended.