Raja Shehadeh & Avi Shlaim: From Then to Now

In Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew, New Historian Avi Shlaim critically reflects on the history of Zionism, Israel, and his own childhood after being forced to flee Baghdad, aged five. Also blending the personal and political, esteemed writer Raja Shehadeh’s What Does Israel Fear from Palestine? asks what stops both nations from co-existing. Together, with Nathan Thrall, they discuss  one of the most complex crises of our time through the lens of personal historical contexts.

Categories: Biography/Memoir, Conflict and Resolution, Nonfiction, Politics, Religion

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