The story is a collection of events and people that have formed parts of the author’s life experience either by chance, choice or circumstance. The book focuses on the inimitable personal experiences of refugees. The refugees’ continued dilemma has shaped the trying Middle East peace process, hindering thus far a final agreement between the Palestinians and Israel.

The personal storyline relates how refugees in Lebanon survived following the 1948 catastrophe or “Al Nakba”, despite many years of political repression. Their revolt twenty years later signaled the start of a tumultuous period in Lebanon and lead to the rise of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as the new undisputed universal authority for the Palestinian people.

Palestinian camps in Lebanon were uniquely positioned to carry the beacon for the “right of return” even after more than sixty years in Diaspora. The book explains how refugees are able to sustain themselves and how they endure the theoretically “temporary” resident status in Lebanon.