The Hair of the Pigeon

If you fall in love, love a moon; and if you steal, steal a pigeon. إن عشقت اعشق قمر، وإن سرقت اسرق حمامه

Ghassan grows up a free spirit among the constrained lives of the displaced in the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, Syria. His best friends are Badawi, who is all football, fists and fast-money schemes, and Sama, the girl whose eyes mirror the sky. The ghosts of time, life and death remain hidden, but when the Arab Spring ignites a wave of protest and hope across the …