Background
He was born in the village of al-Majdal in Palestine, near Ashkelon in present-day Israel. Madhoun grew up in the refugee camp of Khan Younis located in the Gaza Strip.
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His family was driven out of Palestine in the 1948 Palestinian exodus. He went to Alexandria University for higher education, and in 1973 turned to journalism as a career. As a journalist, he worked in Beirut (Lebanon),Nicosia (Cyprus) and later on in London where he is now based.
Currently a British citizen, Madhoun is an editor at the Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper. His books include both fiction and non-fiction. The novel has been translated into English by Elliott Colla.
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He was also involved with the Palestinian liberation struggle in the 1970s as a member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, but quit politics in 1980 to focus on writing full-time.
