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Soha Bechara joined the Lebanese resistance against the Israeli occupation, subsequently attempting (posing as his personal trainer) to assassinate Antoine Lahad, leader of Israel's proxy South Lebanese Army. She failed and spent ten years in the most notorious of Israel's prisons in Southern Lebanon. This is her story of a young life to date.
"This is a rare document. Our libraries still exhibit a dearth of personal narratives by young women who have done extraordinary things. The gift of a personal narrative—as a memoir by an 'ordinary' young woman is especially rare, and even rarer when that woman is an Arab. Soha Bechara is Lebanese, Christian, communist, a resistance fighter, an attempted assassin, a prisoner, a torture survivor, and a hero to many... A skillful weaving together of the personal, historical, and political [and] a seamless account of a crucial time in Lebanon's contemporary history." —Sondra Hale, from the introduction
"This scathing memoir of a Christian and communist Lebanese woman is devoted not only to the author's as yet short but eventful life, but also to a fierce indictment of Israeli military involvement in Lebanon and beyond..... Her story is a riveting and impassioned one that will keep the reader fascinated." —Publishers Weekly
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