“a trailblazing Israeli Bedouin women's activist” —Tel Aviv Review of Books

“there are times when Amal’s descriptions are so vivid, you can feel the sand on your skin” — Policy Magazine

“Amal Elsana Alh’jooj’s memoir is testment to her seemingly inexhaustible optimism and endurance, and ability to live up to her name [‘Hope’]“— Haaretz

"Haunting beauty, tenderness, anger, courage and endurance: all of this awaits you when you join Amal on a life’s journey that began in a Bedouin tent in the Negev deserts of Israel and concludes with her leaving for a new life in Canada. Truly extraordinary.” —Michael Ignatieff

"Told with courage, softened with humour, and delivered with refreshing candour … a poignant collection of personal essays presented in narrative form and weaved with academic discourse." —Montreal Review of Books