Author Description

A personal memoir, from the woman who was herself struggling with Palestinian identity when the Intifada errupted in Palestine in 1987. Married, with two small children, Hanan Ashrawi worked her way to the front lines of the revolution, becoming a crucial link between the established but exiled leadership of the PLO and the outside world. Later, in 1993, she sat waiting on the White House lawn for the signing of an agreement between the Palestinians and the Israelis, for the final handshake.