Humza Yousaf with William Dalrymple for Under Fire

"Humza's story is brave and important - a stunning insight into what it means to hold power yet still be powerless to stop the devastating suffering in Gaza, and a reminder that integrity can still survive our politics." - _AFUA HIRSCH_"A powerful and deeply personal insider's story that shines much-needed light on the plight of the Palestinians." - _SAYEEDA WARSI__, author of Muslims Don’t Matter_"Under Fire is a deeply moving book, and a wake up call.

As Humza Yousaf recounts the searing experience of his and Nadia's family, he unravels what it means to live in a world in which some lives are valued less than others, even when you are in one of the highest offices in government.

This is an intimate account of what it takes to keep your moral fibre when it matters most, and how Palestine is the key to a better politics for everyone." - _KHALID ABDALLA_When Scotland's First Minister, HUMZA YOUSAF, got a call from Gaza on the morning of 7 October 2023, he feared the worst.

His wife's parents, Elizabeth and Maged, had been visiting the Palestinian territory to see Maged's sick Palestinian mother.

Now, after the Hamas terrorist attack, they were caught in Israel's furious onslaught._Under Fire_ tells the story of Yousaf's month-long nightmare as he tried desperately to get his in-laws out of Gaza and back home to Dundee.

With the British government ignoring his pleas for help, he had to coordinate with other countries to get Elizabeth and Maged across the Rafah border into Egypt.

While supporting his wife and children as they waited for daily updates from Elizabeth on her battle for survival, Yousaf also had to lead the whole of Scotland - as well as reassure the nation's traumatised Jewish community.

All while responding to online attacks.As well as documenting his in-laws' escape from Gaza, _Under Fire_ also tells the story of how a son of immigrants grew up to become the first Muslim leader of a Western European country.

Yousaf also tells of his fears on the rise of far-right populism and how to combat the forces that seek to divide us.

The book draws back the curtain to give an honest account of how true leadership means reconciling personal loyalties with public duty, and how, in a world riven with conflict, it is more important than ever that leaders under pressure maintain their humanity and empathy for all.Humza Yousaf was the First Minister of Scotland from 2023 to 24, the first Muslim leader of a Western European country and the youngest First Minister in Scotland's historyWilliam Dalrymple is one of Britain's great historians and the bestselling author of the Wolfson Prize-winning _White Mughals_, _The Last Mughal_, which won the Duff Cooper Prize, and the Hemingway and Kapuscinski Prize-winning _Return of a King_.