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Syria's kurds
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Jordi Tejel |
"This book is a decisive contribution to the study of Kurdish history in Syria since the mandatory period (1920-1946) up to nowadays. Avoiding an essentialist approach, Jordi Tejel provides fine, com… |
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Prisoners
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Jeffrey Goldberg |
The author describes his move to Israel as a student, his work as a prison guard, and his extended dialogue with a prisoner named Rafiq, a PLO leader, explaining how they forged a friendship despite … |
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Colonial Jerusalem
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Thomas Philip Abowd |
This anthropological work draws on recent theories about racial politics, colonialism, and urban spatial dynamics to examine social segregation in Jerusalem. The author examines the physical manifest… |
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At the entrance to the Garden of Eden
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Yossi Klein Halevi |
"In At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden, Halevi describes his unprecedented and extraordinary spiritual journey to discover, as a religious Israeli Jew, a common spiritual language with his Christi… |
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