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Recommended Reading Tears in the Holy Land: Voices from Israel and Palestine
By Deanna Armbruster and Michael Emery Tears in the Holy Land
begins where the nightly news leaves off – putting a human face, one of
suffering and determination, on what was once just a headline.
In this collection of oral histories based on interviews with
Palestinians and Israelis, we hear the voices of those directly affected by the
conflict in Israel/Palestine. They
speak with a commendable sincerity that reaches out from the pages and demands
critical consideration. The
question of which side is right and which side is wrong fades into the
background as another truth emerges: the cycle of violence must cease for the
sake of the personal and economic security of all people in the holy land and
the world at large. No One Can Ever Steal Your Rainbow By
Barbara Meislin If you have ever looked up at the sky after
the rain and had your spirit lifted by the sight of a rainbow, the message of
this book will be clear: Even in the darkest of times the rainbow within our
hearts can lead us to a path of renewed hope.
When someone you love, whether child or adult, is experiencing feelings
of uncertainty, grief or loss, this true life story about a stolen rainbow will
inspire healing, wholeness, and above all, hope. From Beirut to Jerusalem By
Thomas L. Friedman Winner of the 1989 National Book Award for nonfiction,
this extraordinary bestseller is still the most incisive, thought-provoking book
ever written about the Middle East. Thomas L. Friedman, twice winner of the
Pulitzer Prize for international reporting, and now the Foreign Affairs
columnist on the op-ed page of the New York Times,
brings alive his journey from Beirut to Jerusalem through anecdotes, history,
analysis and self-examination -- and puts all the currents into perspective with
inimitable detail, clarity and remarkable insight. This is a much-needed
framework for understanding the psychology and politics of the Middle East, and
for understanding the future of this unique region. The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization By
Thomas L. Friedman One day in 1992, Thomas Friedman toured a Lexus factory in Japan
and marveled at the robots that put the luxury cars together. That evening, as
he ate sushi on a Japanese bullet train, he read a story about yet another
Middle East squabble between Palestinians and Israelis. And it hit him: Half the
world was lusting after those Lexuses, or at least the brilliant technology that
made them possible, and the other half was fighting over who owned which olive
tree. Friedman, the
well-traveled New York Times foreign-affairs columnist, peppers The
Lexus and the Olive Tree with stories that illustrate his central theme:
that globalization--the Lexus--is the central organizing principle of the
post-cold war world, even though many individuals and nations resist by holding
onto what has traditionally mattered to them--the olive tree. |
