Perhaps the most famous short story by Kanafani, about three Palestinians who attempt to escape to Kuwait in the tank of a water truck. The characters represent three different generations. In the end they perish in the journey across the desert. A major figure in Palestinian literature, and influential for the modernising techniques in his works, use of many narrative voices and flashbacks, Kanafani was assassinated in 1972. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghassan_Kanafani