'Words of Maryam' a novel for young adults by Palestinian writer and jouranlist Mahmud Shuqair (b. 1941, Jerusalem). The story has exciting and entertaining scenes showing life, love, and survival in an unstable environment of living under occupation. Maryam, acting with a theatre, is in a sense a representation of rebellion against a prevailing culture. The story shows both a Palestinian experience and a girl's/women's experience.