نقوش على جدران الذاكرة (Inscriptions on the walls of memory) is Dr. Zuhair Abu-Faris' memoir about his childhood in Deir Istiya village of Nablus that was marred by the Israeli occupation, and his journey to study in the Soviet Union in 1969 when he was 18. The summary of this amusing book was merged with similar stories from my dad's and late grandfather's quiver. It described the rough education journey that people, esp. the alumni of the Soviet Union, used to go through in the past to continue their education and make something of themselves, since whenever there is a will there's a way!
There is a summary about it in my blog - https://www.tamarayousefmousa.com/