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Sharon and My Mother-in-Law: Ramallah Diaries
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Great humorous (though I did cry multiple times) book on living in Occupied Palestine. Lots of the same heart breaking stories you have always heard-olive groves demolished, people forced to leave their homes in 1948 (the other day at my international ladies' program we had cultural day and a little old lady got up and told in broken English how she fled her home in 1948 and has never been back to Palestine since yet she proudly writes it each week on her name tag as her country), security at airports, check points, not being able to get to work, not being able to get to school, not being able to see family, Saud was even separated from her husband for a while, house searches, cars flatten, curfews-and all of this for law abiding Palestinians. Its a great read to open your eyes and get your blood pumping.
I do recommend Blessed are the Peacemakers by Audeh Rantisi (a Pal pastor) and Light Force by Brother Andrew (an unbiased outsiders thought) for a more uplifting and Christian perspective. But this personal account from a free spirited nonreligious lady is good.
And while she doesn't go into causes or solutions it makes me sad to think this whole nation of people are living under such oppression (or they innocent now? not really but that doesn't change the original thought) because one European nation killed a bunch of Jews and other European people said well let's give them a country where they lived 2000 years ago before another European nation kicked them out.
I do recommend Blessed are the Peacemakers by Audeh Rantisi (a Pal pastor) and Light Force by Brother Andrew (an unbiased outsiders thought) for a more uplifting and Christian perspective. But this personal account from a free spirited nonreligious lady is good.
And while she doesn't go into causes or solutions it makes me sad to think this whole nation of people are living under such oppression (or they innocent now? not really but that doesn't change the original thought) because one European nation killed a bunch of Jews and other European people said well let's give them a country where they lived 2000 years ago before another European nation kicked them out.
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August 17, 2007
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April 2, 2008
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