“It’s a truly important work, and a rare act of courage… Those who read this book understand what it means to suffer a national disaster, what it means to lose one’s homeland, what it means to be forced to flee, and what it means to live in exile on one’s own homeland—before having to seek refuge elsewhere. It’s a collection of stories about people from Lebanon. The Lebanese historian Dr. Bayan Nuehizh Hout wrote this novel. ‘The New Novel by Ratoo Ashour Al-Jamilah… This is one of those rare novels that make it easier for readers to learn about Palestine through reading rather than consulting numerous and diverse books on Palestine’s history, its cities, the sufferings of its people, their resilience, its traditions, its language, its songs and stories, its trees, its crops, its symbols, and everything that happened to its people who were forced to flee from there through oppression, violence, ethnic cleansing, and massacre.”Sabri Hafez – Sharkou Newspaper: In the novel “The Qin Dynasty”, Razi Uthur not only tells the story of Rakiya, but also depicts the victories that are achieved through the narrative. This novel helps us to understand our history, who we are, and what we want to achieve. When we understand these things, we can truly live our lives to the fullest. Dr. Kramah Sami – Al-Ahram Newspaper