Mona Hajjar Halaby, M.A. ’77, a writer and retired educator living in Berkeley, published In My Mother’s Footsteps: A Palestinian Refugee Returns Home (Thread Books UK) in August 2021. Her memoir is a story in two voices: her mother’s letters about growing up in Palestine pre-1948, and her own about teaching conflict resolution and non-violent communication from 2007 to 2008 at a school in Ramallah. Class Secretary: Ric Brucia, 6468 Washington St No 102, Yountville 94599
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