Nakba #38 - Munhir Fahoum

1934 “I was born in Irbid, in al-Urdunn, but my family comes from al-Nasira. We have lived there for 300 years. I was a wild child. When my father had guests, I would go outside and take one of the guests’ horses.

I always chose a calm horse. I was wild, but I was also smart. That way I was never thrown off. I would ride away for an hour or two. That is how I learned to ride.

To gallop on a horse is like swimming in the air. You lose yourself.” 1939 “I studied at a boarding school in al-Quds. The Second World War had begun and the food was not very good.