Miral - A Novel - By Rula Jebreau

New York: Penguin Books, 2010. First American Edition & First Movie Tie-In Edition with the front cover a picture of lead actress Freida Pinto. Signed inscribed by Julia Schnabel on the front cover in silver ink: “To Danny, love, Julian, 2011”. Additionally, the book is inscribed by the author on the title page: “To Danny, hope you’ll like it, Rula Jebreal. Miral is a 2010 biographical political film directed by Julian Schnabel about the coming of age of a Palestinian girl named Miral who grows up in the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and finds herself drawn into the conflict. The screenplay was written by Rula Jebreal, based on her novel of the same name. On April 4, 2011, days after the film's US release, Juliano Mer-Khamis, an actor and peace activist who plays Seikh Saabah in the film, was shot to death in his car outside a theatre he had established in a Palestinian refugee camp. Paperbound. Fine. (Inventory #: 16368J)