Sari Abu Amineh
Things did not end with finding Muntaha al-Rayyeh. Next I was asked to meet her and speak with her. I was to find out all there was to know about her son, Walid, plus find out how she got in touch with him: address, telephone number, where he could be found, and whether he had visited her secretly, and if so, when and how?
Could a fortune-teller’s predictions really elicit so much attention from the Basha?
My primary concern had been to succeed in giving the Basha a surprise at his birthday party, no matter what the consequences were going to be. At any rate, it hadn’t even been my idea. It was something the Grand Basha, Nayef Shahadeh, had concocted and I borrowed the idea because he was going to have to miss the party due to travel. But I never expected things would tu
