Mornings in Jenin
Mornings in Jenin
Susan Abulhawa
Palestine 1941. In the small village of Ein Hod a father leads a procession of his family and workers through the olive groves. As they move through the trees the green fruits drop onto the orchid floor; the ancient cycle of the seasons providing another bountiful harvest.
Palestine 1948. The Abuheja family are forcibly removed from their ancestral home in Ein Hod and sent to live in a refugee camp in Jenin.
Through Amal, the bright granddaughter of the patriarch, we witness the stories of her brothers: one stolen boy who becomes an Israeli soldier; the other who in sacrificing everything for the Palestinian cause will become his enemy. Amal’s own dramatic story threads its way through six decades of Palestinian-Israeli tension.
