Asad's Secret: A Novel of Gaza

A window into a world most people see depicted only in seconds-long news reports, one that we all should look through in order to recognize the genuine humanity within.

Asad lives in Gaza, in a tiny house, on a narrow street pocked by half-destroyed buildings, in a camp that looks shabby to him and feels claustrophobic. He walks virtually the same route every day to his summer job at a printing press, passing the prison that holds his father, for reasons that have not been fully explained to...