Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Littafin farko na Urbani, tarihin "Lokacin da nake Elena" (The Permanent Press, 2006) ya rubuta shekarun da ta zauna a Guatemala a lokacin yakin basasa na biyu na duniya.
Wannan kasar tana cikin yakin basasa. Ya bayyana kwarewar da ta samu game da hare-hare da rashin lafiya, da kuma dabarun siyasa kamar juyin mulkin kai ko "autogolpe" wanda Shugaba Jorge Serrano Elías ya shirya wanda aka yi saurin hambarar da shi tare da taimakon CIA. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan wallafawa, shirin tattaunawa na haɗin gwiwa, Montel Williams Show, ya tambaya ko Urbani zai yarda ya koma Guatemala don sake haɗuwa a kyamara tare da matan da ta rubuta game da su. Urbani ya ki yin hakan, yana mai nuna damuwa game da amincin kowannensu mata da danginsu idan aka bayyana ainihin asalinsu.