Introduction : death and memory -- Palestine 1930s-1948 -- Beloved roots -- The disaster -- Nablus 1948-1959 -- Surviving the disaster -- Windows on the world -- Comrades -- With the wind in my hair -- Men and women -- My father -- My mother -- Desire for freedom -- Kuwait 1959-1966 -- Arrival -- Politics and society -- Contradictions -- My opportunity for independence -- Logic and the heart -- Matrimony -- Vienna 1966-1970 -- Disillusionment with the West -- Life in exile -- A pause for reflection -- The second disaster -- Children and disaster -- Decisions -- Italy 1970-1992 -- A new life -- A real home -- Journey to Palestine -- Saudi Arabia -- Stability -- What it means to be Palestinian -- Motherhood -- About the intifada.

Death and memory -- Beloved roots -- The disaster -- Surviving disaster -- With the wind in my hair -- Men and women -- My mother -- Desire for freedom -- Kuwait -- Women -- Italy -- Motherhood -- About the intifada.