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goobster · 2524 days ago · link · · parent · post: May 25th, 2017 was a day meant for a book thread.
If you enjoyed that, I think you would really enjoy City of Oranges written by my friend Adam. In it, he goes to the city of Jaffa, and speaks to Christian, Jewish, and Muslim families that have lived in Jaffa since before Israel became a state. He then represents each of their perspectives, perfectly even-handedly, and lets the people speak for themselves of the city and community they remember, and how it has changed. Better than anything else, it shows the deep divisions that separate these people, but - at the same time - how close they are, as well. The whole of the Middle East, summed up by three families in one small town...