Marwan is an idealist, who finds himself staying in ‘a miserable hotel at the end of the world’. He wants to become a doctor and to repair the damage caused by his father’s abandonment of his family: Assad, on the other hand, represents the middle generation of Palestinians who are enthusiastic and politically engaged, yet naive and ineffective at bringing about change. Assad fl ed the refugee camps because the police are looking to arrest him for his political activities. As he negotiates with the smuggler in the second chapter, Assad remembers how he was cheated during his first attempt at crossing into Kuwait. He also recounts how his uncle gave him the money to pay the smuggler, but only so he can return to the refugee camps rich and marry his cousin. In 1960 he moved to Beirut, Lebanon, where he became the editor of several newspapers, all with an Arab nationalist affiliation. In Beirut, Marwan: The youngest character at only 16 years of age. He wishes to pursue his education and become a doctor but must find work in Kuwait to support his family since his father has abandoned them for his new wife and his brother has stopped sending money after getting married.

None of the four wanted to talk anymore, not only because they were exhausted by their efforts but because each one was swallowed up in his own thoughts. The huge lorry was carrying them along the road, together with their dreams, their families, their hopes and ambitions, their misery and despair, their strength and weakness, their past and fuiture, as if it were pushing against the immense door to a new, unknown destiny, and all eyes were fixed on the door’s surface as though bound to it by invisible threads. Nadia is the narrator's niece. When Gaza is bombed, Nadia saves her younger brothers and sisters by throwing herself on top of them instead of saving herself. This results in an amputated leg. When her uncle visits her in the hospital and lies that he has bought her the red trousers she wanted, she cries and reveals her amputation. She is a symbol of hope in this collection of stories.In this Arab America Article, we look at the amazing work of Ghassan Kanafani’s “Men in the Sun.” Men in the Sun Marwan brings Assad to a meeting with Abul Khaizuran, who is waiting with Abu Qais. Abul Khaizuran, a fellow Palestinian, is the dodgy guide who promises to get them to Kuwait. He’s a cynic, telling Marwan that in Kuwait, ‘The first thing you will learn is: money comes first, and then morals.’ In his own pragmatic way he’s a Muslim. He’s also symbolically impotent. What others don’t know is that his genitals were blown off when the Zionists fought the Palestinians in 1948.

The narrator is Umm Saad's cousin. Umm Saad used to live with him for many years and now visits him every Tuesday. He hears Umm Saad's story about Saad joining the fedayeen. The narrator advises her against visiting Saad at the military camp and points out that asking the commander to protect Saad is not a good idea since Saad wants to go to war, not be protected. Umm Saadappears in Umm Saad Radio artist Joe Frank mentions Men in the Sun in his show 'Another country, part 1', the version in which they die in silence. Abul Khaizuran approaches Marwan on the street and offers to smuggle him to Kuwait. He meets with Marwan and Assad and introduces them to Abu Qais. He agrees to smuggle the men for ten dinars each. Abul Khaizuran is an excellent lorry drive who works for Haj Rida. He intends to hide the men in the water tank on the lorry. He eventually persuades the men to agree with his plan. Before reaching the customs station at Safwan, Abul Khaizuran hides the men in the water tank. He hurries through the customs station and releases the men from their temporary prison. During the drive, he remembers and mourns losing his manhood in the war. published the novel Men in the Sun (1962). He published extensively on literature and politics, focusing on the the Palestinian liberation movement and the refugee experience, as well as engaging in scholarly literary criticism, publishing several books about post-1948 Palestinian and Israeli literature.The ending of the 1972 film was altered to show the three Palestinians beating on the walls of their hiding place as they suffocate. This ending was intended to reflect the political reality at a time when resistance movements had been established in the wake of the 1967 war. Ghassan Kanafani was the spokesperson for the Popular Front For The Liberation of Palestine. Kanafani was born in April 1936 in Acre, which is located in northern Palestine. In 1948 his family was displaced by Zionist forces and fled to Damascus, Syria. Kanafani was only twelve when his family was displaced. Growing up, he worked at a printing press, and distributed newspapers. At night, he studied and obtained an intermediate school certificate in 1953, which led him to work as an art teacher in UNRWA schools in Damascus. Three years later he moved to Kuwait where his sister was living to work as a gym and art teacher. In 1960, Kanafani left Kuwait for Beirut where he worked for the magazine al-Hurriyya. Throughout his lifetime, Kanafani has worked for many newspapers including al-Muharrir, al-Anwar, and al-Hadaf, the movement’s magazine. Umm Saad lives with her cousin for many years until she moves to the camps. She still visits her cousin every Tuesday. One week, she tells her cousin that Saad, her son, has joined the fedayeen. Umm Saad would follow Saad but she has two other children to take care of. She wonders if she should visit Saad and is disappointed to learn that a mother can be discarded so easily. Umm Saad asks her cousin to tell the commander to keep Saad safe but changes her mind and wants him to tell the commander to let Saad have his way. Umm Saad believes her son should be able to go to war immediately if he wants. Saadappears in Umm Saad His wife has lost patience with his dreams of the past and urged him to go off to Kuwait and make some money: Marwan is unable to afford paying fifteen dinars to the fat proprietor to be smuggled to Kuwait. In desperation, he threatens to call the police on the proprietor, causing the man to slap him. Marwan leaves the office in discouragement. On the street, Abul Khaizuran approaches Marwan and agrees to smuggle him for five dinars as long as Marwan helps him find additional men who want to be smuggled. Marwan writes a long letter to his mother and visits his father, who he does not hate for leaving his family because he believes his father still loves them. He meets with Abu Qais, Assad and Abul Khaizuran to discuss the plans for their journey to Kuwait, they come to an agreement, and he meets them the next morning.