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And were it not for his venerable age, and the graying hair on his head and on his moustache and on his chest, and were it not for his fear that one of his children would grab his hand and say to him in a sad voice: \u2018Where are you going, Father?\u2019 Or one of his grandchildren would stand in his way and ask: \u2018Where are you going, Grandpa?\u2019 Were it not for the fear of that, he would have already taken off his shoes, buckled down, and run after it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Muhammad Ali Taha is one of the leading Palestinian writers living in Israel today, and his unique voice has also attained great resonance throughout the Arab world. His alive-and-kicking stories present\u2014in human, but also critical and sarcastic, hues\u2014life in this country in all of its layers: personal, social, and national. 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