To grow up during a civil war, to take up arms at twenty, to shoot the commander of the South Lebanon Army, and to endure for ten years in the hell of the Khiam detention center... this is the deeply moving portrait painted by a woman who refused to surrender. She is Souha Bechara, a living symbol of the Lebanese resistance. In 1988, barely a teenager, Souha attempted to assassinate the commander of the South Lebanon Army, a militia affiliated with Israel tasked with protecting the occupation's presence in southern Lebanon. Immediately arrested, Souha was taken to the Khiam detention center, where she was subjected to long and cruel torture. Humanitarian organizations tirelessly condemned the acts of torture committed in this center and its very existence. Souha spent ten years in detention, six of which were in solitary confinement. Here, Souha Bechara recounts how her country was prey to terror, how she forged her path of irreversible commitment, and how the flame of that commitment allowed her to withstand barbarism. She tells it all here with a fervent tone and heartfelt sincerity. It is a unique testimony, carrying a lesson about free existence, reminding us that every person has the right to resist injustice, and that those who seek freedom must always transcend themselves.

• Publishing house: Dar Al Saqi for Publishing & Distribution
• Author: Souha Bechara
• ISBN: 9781855165427
• Number of Pages: 256
• Year of publication: 2002
• Cover Type: Paperback