Translator’s Acknowledgments

I want to thank Ferial Ghazoul for urging me to embark on this translation; Neil Hewison, Pauline Wickham, and Aleya Serour at the AUC Press for their forbearance, professionalism, fine work, and good humor; Mandy McClure for her fine editing; Joel Beinin for filling in a few historical details; and Sahar Tawfiq and Sharif Elmusa for some felicitous phrasing.