My Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness Taha Muhammad Ali was born in 1931 in the Galilee village of Saffuriyya and was forced to flee om the war in 1948. He traveled on foot to Lebanon and returned a year later to find his village destroyed. This book tells the story of this man and the culture from which he emerged. It offers a view of the people and culture of the Middle East. Full description
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"... has been described by an Arab scholar as "one of the five must-read books on the Middle East"." -- Contemporary Review, Winter 2008
"Veering between biography, history, journalism and memoir, this painstakingly researched work is ... unpretentious, principled and utterly charming."
-- Economist, 28th March 2009
"Veering between biography, history, journalism and memoir, this painstakingly researched work is ... unpretentious, principled and utterly charming."
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