Hasan Sami YusufHasan Sami Yusuf was born in 1945 in the Palestinian village of Lubya. His family were expelled to Syria, by way of Lebanon, where they would settle in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus. Yusuf earned his bachelor's degree in Syria. His manynovels include The Palestinian (1988), The Boat (1990), A Letter to Fatima (1996), Moon Girl (1999), Concerns of Drama (2001), The Gate of Heaven (2007), and Threshold of Pain (2016). His television miniseries include The Bitter Orange Tree, The Sisters, Summer Clouds, Pardon, and Regret. He collaborated with Najib Nseir in the production of Little Women, Secrets of the City, Before Sunset, Tale of an Autumn, Our Beautiful Days, Men and Women, Waiting, A Time of Shame, Mirage, and Chaos. Read More Read Less