Ghada Karmi was born in Jerusalem. Forced from her home during the Nakba, she later trained as a Doctor of Medicine at Bristol University. She established the first British-Palestinian medical charity in 1972 and was an Associate Fellow at the Royal Institute for International Affairs. Her previous books include the best-selling memoir In Search of Fatima.
'An intelligent, sensitive writer' -- 'Financial Times' 'Ghada Karmi's storytelling eloquence is celebrated' -- John Pilger ‘Her bold vision of a single egalitarian state is the only way to break the current log jam and bring an end to apartheid Israel' -- Nur Masalha, Palestinian historian ‘Karmi has a wonderfully uncluttered intelligence. She writes with a lucid, unsentimental clarity reminiscent of James Baldwin and Maya Angelou’ -- ‘Middle East Eye’