Palestinian writer Atef Abu Saif c ould hardly hide his outrage. The Israeli  military had destroyed not just buildings, but an entire culture, he told DW. He wants to use the medium of writing to save whatever is still salvageable. But what can you save in a war-torn wasteland? All that remains are memories, the author says.  Saif is among the best-known  Palestinian writers, his reputation derived in part from the fact that he served as the Palestinian Authority’s Minister for Culture from