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Where the Line Is Drawn

A Tale of Crossings, Friendships, and Fifty Years of Occupation in Israel-Palestine

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Where the Line Is Drawn

By: Raja Shehadeh
Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
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A moving account of one man's border crossings - both literal and figurative - by the award-winning author of Palestinian Walks, published on the 50th anniversary of the June 1967 War

In what has become a classic of Middle Eastern literature, Raja Shehadeh, in Palestinian Walks, wrote of his treks through the hills surrounding Ramallah over a period of three decades under Israel's military occupation.

In Where the Line Is Drawn, Shehadeh explores how occupation has affected him personally, chronicling the various crossings that he undertook into Israel over a period of 40 years to visit friends and family, to enjoy the sea, to argue before the Israeli courts, and to negotiate failed peace agreements.

Those 40 years also saw him develop a close friendship with Henry, a Canadian Jew who immigrated to Israel at around the same time Shehadeh returned to Palestine from studying in London. While offering an unforgettably poignant exploration of Palestinian-Israeli relationships, Where the Line Is Drawn also provides an anatomy of friendship and an exploration of whether, in the bleakest of circumstances, it is possible for bonds to transcend political divisions.

©2017 Raja Shehadeh (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing
Politics & Government Middle East Freedom & Security Israel & Palestine Political Science World Africa Iran
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Unlike the various Westerners who don’t speak Arabic (or Hebrew), or who are also lazy polemicists, Shehadeh speaks clearly and emotionally about human rights and how HUMANS are just as important as the “rights” segment of that phrase. You should read it.

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