From the Introduction to the book:
During the summer of 2000, we decided to work on a self-portrait project with children aged 5 to 6 and a small group of older, mentally disabled children. The subject, both educationally and artistically, is not new, but nevertheless of great visual, psychological and emotional importance because it deals with identity.

The main aim of the project was for the children to express, visually and verbally, their self perception and their perception of, and identification with, the world they live in and interact with.

The children participating in this project all attend The Ghassan Kanafani Cultural Foundation's kindergartens in six different Palestinian refugee camps, in suburban and rural areas in Lebanon. They are fourth generation Palestinian refugees and descendants of the Palestinians who were expelled from Palestine to Lebanon during the Nakba (the catastrophe) in 1948 as a result of the establishment of the State of Israel. Their status remains as refugees up till today.