9 . ▁At ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁nine ▁her ▁mother ▁who ▁is ▁of ▁Palest in ian ▁descent ▁moved ▁their ▁family ▁from ▁Jerusalem ▁to ▁a ▁refuge e ▁camp ▁near ▁Am man . ▁Her ▁Niger ian ▁father , ▁who ▁had ▁fought ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 6 ▁Palest in ian ▁Reb ell ion , ▁remained ▁behind . ▁ ▁Bern aw i ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁practical ▁nur se ▁for ▁the ▁Arab - American ▁O il ▁Company ▁in ▁Sa udi ▁Arab ia ▁( AR AM CO ) ▁but ▁was ▁not ▁allowed ▁to ▁give ▁sh ots ▁to ▁patients ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁color ▁of ▁her ▁skin , ▁despite ▁her ▁Palest in ian ▁national ity . ▁ ▁Political ▁life ▁ ▁Of ▁thirty - four ▁Palest in ian ▁women ▁whom ▁Am al ▁K aw ar ▁interview ed ▁for ▁her ▁study ▁D augh ters ▁of ▁Palest ine , ▁Bern aw i ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁only ▁four ▁who ▁joined ▁the ▁resistance ▁movement ▁initially ▁as ▁a ▁gu err illa ▁f ighter ▁before ▁becoming ▁a ▁political ▁res istor . ▁The ▁others ▁were ▁L ail a ▁Kh aled , ▁E is he h ▁O de h , ▁and ▁Ras mi ye h ▁O de h . ▁ ▁Att empt ed ▁bomb ing ▁and ▁arrest ▁ ▁The ▁attempted ▁bomb ing ▁incident ▁occurred ▁in ▁October ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁at ▁the ▁Z ion ▁Cinema ▁in ▁Jewish ▁West ▁Jerusalem . ▁Bern aw i ▁describes ▁the ▁placing ▁of ▁the ▁bomb ▁as ▁a ▁protest ▁of ▁a ▁film ▁that ▁celebrated ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁War ▁between ▁Israel ▁and ▁Palest