Overview

Israeli Jews and Palestinians appear side by side for the first time in this remarkable book to share powerful feelings and reflections on growing up in one of the world's longest and most dangerous conflicts. Here, thirty-six men and women, boys and girls, tell of their coming-of-age in a land of turmoil. From kibbutzim in Israel and the occupied territories to Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Israeli Jews and Palestinians tell of tragedy and transcendence as they face their deepest fears and dream of a peaceful future. Listen to them as they recount stories of their brief and often violent youth. No matter what their ethnic identity, how much and how long they have suffered, these courageous autobiographers most often reveal a deep longing for peace. Perhaps their hopes and fears are best illustrated by a parable retold by eighteen-year-old Redrose (a pseudonym): ""Two frogs got trapped in a jar of cream. They couldn't jump out of the liquid and they couldn't climb because the sides of the jar were slippery. One frog said, 'By dawn I'll be dead,' and went to sleep. The second frog swam all night long and in the morning found herself floating on a pat of butter.""

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Author:   Laurel Holliday
Publisher:   Simon & Schuster
Imprint:   Gallery
Dimensions:   Width: 12.70cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.351kg
ISBN:  

9780671008048

ISBN 10:   0671008048
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   01 March 1999
Recommended Age:   From 13 to 17 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION NO OTHER STORM by Moshe Shamir THUMBPRINT by Ehud Ben-Ezer MARKED BY THE TEETH by Moshe Dor THE ARAK OF ABU-ANTON by Yehudit Hendel THE DARK VILLAGES by Reuven Miran EARLY LESSONS OF SEPARATION by Anan Ameri I SURVIVED THE WAR by Musa Jamil Jaffer (pseudonym) GOING TO JERUSALEM by Gunter David A CHRISTIAN PALESTINIAN'S STORY by Wadad Saba YEHEZKEL by Yitzhak Bar-Yossef PARADISE ON THE BORDER by Yael Medini TEN CENTIMETERS OF DUST by Shammai Golan TRACINGS by Basim Abdoraad (pseudonym) HOPES ARE HOPES by Leah Ayalon TZIPORI by Reuven Miran MARKED FOR DESTRUCTION by Ibtisam S. Barakat A CHILD IN RAFAH CAMP by Ahmed Younis IN THE COURTYARD OF THE CHILDREN'S HOUSE OF THE KIBBUTZ by Shuli Dichter A CHILD'S MISGIVINGS ABOUT THE WAR by Mohammad Zahaykeh SHARDS by Tanya Gardiner-Scott BORDERLAND by Mohammad Masad BORN IN BETHLEHEM by Marina N. Riadi CHILDHOOD/MANHOOD by Omar Mahdawi CHILDREN OF A TENTH-CLASS GOD? by Nihaya Qawasmi ALTI ZACHEN by Victoria Kay-Feinerman CAUGHT IN CONFLICT by Rachel Hovne ONE MORE RIVER TO CROSS by Nahla Mary Beier MY MOTHER PALESTINE by Ramzy Baroud A LOOK INTO MEMORY by Ghareeb (pseudonym) HEALING THE WOUNDS OF CHILDHOOD by Ammar Abu Zayyad FACE OF PEACE by Redrose (pseudonym) MY LIFE ON THE FIRING LINE by Racheli Tal THE POWER OF LIFE by Racheli Tal TWO AWFUL WEEKS IN MARCH by Liran Zvibel NOT AGAIN! by Jeffrey Klein BIBLIOGRAPHY CREDITS PHOTO CREDITS CHRONOLOGY OF THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

Reviews

Publisher's Weekly <p>This compilation dramatizes the common humanity of the two peoples....A rich and moving collection....<p>

The Globe & Mail (Toronto) Stories which are often ferocious, violent, tragic, and...uplifting. Publisher's Weekly This compilation dramatizes the common humanity of the two peoples...A rich and moving collection...

Publisher's Weekly This compilation dramatizes the common humanity of the two peoples....A rich and moving collection....

Author Information

Laurel Holliday, formerly a college teacher, editor, and psychotherapist, now writes full time in Seattle. She is the award-winning author of the Children of Conflict series: Children in the Holocaust and World War II: Their Secret Diaries; Children of The Troubles: Our Lives in the Crossfire of Northern Ireland; Children of Israel, Children of Palestine: Our Own True Stories; and Children of the Dream: Our Own Stories of Growing Up Black in America. Laurel Holliday is also the author of Heartsongs, an international collection of young girls’ diaries, which won a Best Book for Young Adults Award from the American Library Association.

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