Soha writes in a very accessible way, which is always appreciated in anything one reads. Khiam prison, where Soha was jailed during the Israeli occupation of Lebanon, has always been notorious to Arabs and the region, for its torture and colonial savagery, set up by the Israelis and controlled by their fascist Lebanese puppets during the civil war. Knowing this about Khiam, it evokes much more emotion and passion when finally reading a personal account of the concentration camp. In this very short autobiography, which could easily be finished in a few days, Soha guides us from her childhood into her late teens where she decided to join the resistance against the Israeli occupation. It provides an easy introduction into the Lebanese civil war, which is complex and can be recounted an infinite amount of ways depending on the narrator’s political persuasion. Soha obviously writes from the political angle of the Left, and one firm in opposition to the Israeli occupation of Lebanon and the region at large. From topics such as her family’s political background, her relationships with boys, her clandestine meetings with resistance leaders, her infiltration with the enemy camp, and her deep convictions to the cause; she guides us through it all, from upbringing, to imprisonment, to freedom. Being very short, she does not write about events in great detail. Although her focus is on her life in Khiam and the Israeli occupation of Lebanon specifically, I do think there was room to speak more generally on the Palestinian predicament and struggle in somewhat greater detail, which she only very briefly touches upon. At times I thought greater historicisation and linkage with the struggle in Palestine was mandated and required. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed this read and it filled me with abundant revolutionary optimism and valour. We have all seen those beautiful pictures of Khiam prison being stormed into by Lebanese villagers where they broke the chains of the prisons and freed all the prisoners on that day, 24th May 2000, when Israel was forced to withdraw from Lebanon and scenes of liberation have forever been imprinted in our memory. Thinking about those beautiful scenes for too long will surely cause one to cry, knowing the recorded historical account of being rid with barbaric Israeli occupation; and the real possibility of a world free from colonial jails. On the last few lines of the book, Soha writes "There are still dozens of Khiams around the world. Let us never forget them and finally tear down those walls, once and for all", a beautiful reminder of the ongoing struggle and duty we have, especially as we witness Israel’s genocidal bombardment of Gaza today and Gaza’s continuing steadfast resistance for a better world everywhere.