Balcony on the Moon Coming of Age in Palestine Historical Study Find out what the future

Find out what the future could look like if we stopped putting people into boxes and instead empowered each other to reach for the stars

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Balcony on the Moon Coming of Age in Palestine Historical Study Find out what the futureBy Ibtisam Barakat From award winning Palestinian author Ibtisam Barakat comes a touching account of coming of age against a backdrop of political turmoil in the Middle East. Picking up where Ibtisam Barakat's first memoir, Tasting the Sky, left off, Balcony on the Moon follows her through her childhood and adolescence in Palestine from 1972 1981 in the aftermath of the Six Day War. This memoir about pursuing dreams in the face of adversity chronicles