The tears of my father when I was seventeen years old. The tears that ran down his cheeks when he was not permitted to enter his own house in Jaffa by the Israeli woman who occupied it.
Suad Amiry
Suad Amiry is a writer and an architect. She is the author of six works of nonfiction, including Sharon and My Mother-in-Law, which was awarded the Viareggio-Versilia International Prize in 2004, and Golda Slept Here, which was awarded the Nonino Risit d’Aur Prize in 2014. Amiry received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and is the founder of the RIWAQ Centre for Architectural Conservation in Ramallah, where she lives.