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The novel is masterfully divided into two complementary parts; the first recounts tragic events that took place in the Negev desert in the summer of 1949, where an occupying military unit commits a crime against a young Bedouin girl. The second part follows a contemporary woman living in Ramallah who stumbles upon the details of that incident, which occurred on her exact birthday decades prior. This detail turns into an obsession driving her to risk crossing borders in search of truth and silenced memory. The novel offers a profound literary testimony on isolation, erasure, and the cruelty of marginalized details.

For its unique narrative style that combines journalistic precision with poignant poetic depth, and because it offers an exceptional treatment of memory and the enduring impact of forgotten crimes across generations.

For lovers of fine literature, and those seeking intense, concise novels that excavate the walls of historical and human memory.