Laila Abu Sa’ab was certain to have a great life. She was born in between two catastrophic Israeli-Palestinian wars: ’48 and ’67. The second one broke out when she was eight years old. In less than a week, Jordan, Egypt, and Syria lost control of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, the Golan Heights, and the Sinai Peninsula. Another wave of Palestinian displacement ensued. The possibility of a state called Palestine receded even further into the distance, becoming nearly unattainable.
