Prisoners : a Muslim and a Jew across the Middle East divide
/ Jeffrey Goldberg
- 1st ed
- New York : Knopf , 2006
- 316 p. ; 25 cm.
The thief of mercy -- The mysterious child of lies -- Our Lady of Lourdes -- The hill of Jewish bones -- God's golden shore -- The blanket party -- Desert eagle -- Rafiq -- The army of Muhammad -- The giving famishes the craving -- Let my people go -- In the valleys of Jerusalem -- The past is in the past -- Peace without guns -- Prisoner number 26505 -- Refugees -- You were the devil to me -- You are most welcome here -- Abraham was a Muslim -- A kitbag question -- A lesson for America -- A happy man in Palestine -- Good guys -- Stop being Jewish -- I want you to live.
They met in 1990 during the first Palestinian uprisingone was an American Jew who served as a prison guard in the largest prison in Israel, the other, his prisoner, Rafiq, a rising leader in the PLO. Despite their fears and prejudices, they began a dialogue there that grew into a remarkable friendshipand now a remarkable book.
English.
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Goldberg, Jeffrey, 1965- Hijazi, Rafiq
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