Miral

It’s tough growing up as a Palestinian in Israel. This book takes us back through the reminiscences of Hind Al-Husseini, a “grande dame” of the Palestinian people who started an orphanage for girls homeless by political violence. The orphanage eventually grew into a school for women leaders in Pales......more

I learned some things from this novelized memoir, but either the writer or the translator lacked the knowledge of English that would allow this book to read well or dramatically. Lots of long sentences that meandered to their ends, giving the whole thing a flat sense, devoid of drama or emphasis.......more

A young girl's life in a Palestinian children's home. Ms Jebreal is a journalist and I found the first half of the book read very much like an extended newspaper article. This section covered the lives of Hind Husseini and several of Miral's relatives. However, once I reached the story of Miral herse......more

Rating a book that is based on real life usually proves to be challenge for me. How can one person judge another person''s life? Having said that, Miral was just not all that the reviews promised. It falls flat quite a bit and it takes too long to get to Miral's part of the story. Had the plot have......more

Miral tells the story of the Palestinian/ Israeli conflict through the eyes of several different characters. The stories are intertwined to give the reader a sense of connection as well as setting the tone that one's actions can have an immense effect on others, whether positive or negative. The boo......more