three-line poems peppered throughout the book--48 symbolizing the year of the Nakba (catastrophe) when approximately 750,000 Palestinians were kicked off their land by Zionist militias. Divided into four parts (each dedicated to one of his [Remi Kanazi's] four grandparents, all among that original displaced generation), each short verse provides a snippet of emotional truth of existence and resistance under occupation:From my rooftop I can see an Israeli sunbathing
on the balcony my grandfather built . . .
from The Electronic Intifada: Remi Kanazi's poetry of struggle
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