With the Arabs in Jerusalem
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and bought me a camel hair coat with a hood. Also I had some
books and chocolates. . . . They have built four Air Raid
Shelters in our playground, so that we don't have much room
to play in. . . . Have you still got any cats in your house? We
haven't any animals at present. Dorothea wants some very
badly, but Daddy is rather against the idea.
I was moved, reading these letters from one stranger to another. How could one ever foretell the course of life? . . .
"What are these?" Carrying a strongbox under one arm,
Captain Zaki brought over a cabinet filled with film negatives
—photographs of Arab life. It was a precious collection.
"I would like to have these for myself," I said.
"We will take it up with the defense committee," Zaki
answered, sti ffǒ