Into the Wadi
by Sami Michael
Category: Fiction

Coming of age during the 1982 Arab-Israeli conflict in Lebanon, fatherless sisters Huda and Mary, Arabians living in the Jewish city of Haifa, find their lives impacted by new neighbor Alex, a trumpet-playing Jewish Russian who awakens Huda's despairing soul and prompts Mary's dangerous foray into a love triangle with a Muslim mobster. 15,000 first printing.