Lightning through the CloudsLightning through the Clouds is the first English language life and times biography of Izz al Din al Qassam, a preeminent figure who helped to reshape the political and religious landscape of the region. A Syrian born, Egyptian educated cleric, he went from the battlefields of World War I to join the anticolonialist fight against the French in Syria. Sentenced to be executed by the French military, he managed to escape to Palestine, where he became an