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Lädt ... City of oranges : an intimate history of Jews and Arabs in Jaffa (2017. Auflage)von Adam LeBor
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. An engaging and anecdotal history which links the history of Palestine and Israel through the story of Jaffa and its inhabitants. ( ) This book attempts to tell the history of the Jewish-Palestinian conflict through the story of people who lived in Jaffa (the older, once-primarily-Arab city, now a part of Tel Aviv). The attempt is noble, and about as even-handed as a book on this charged subject could be. But the last half of the book just feels like hop-scotching through very complicated history, with soundbites from his interviewees spaced through, commenting on it. The first, more detailed part, capturing Mandate-era Jaffa from Arab, Sephardi Jewish, and Ashkenazi Jewish inhabitants is fascinating and tells a lot about what could have been, but wasn't. The rest would be useful to someone who came reading about the Arab-Israeli conflict with a blank slate - but who does that? Zeige 4 von 4 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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The ancient port of Jaffa, now part of Tel Aviv, was once known as the 'Bride of Palestine'. It was one of the great cosmopolitan cities of the Mediterranean. Once the centre of Palestinian modernity, Jaffa was the country's cultural and political capital. There Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived, worked, and celebrated together. It was commonplace for the Arabs of Jaffa to attend a wedding at the house of the Jewish Chelouche family and even after 1948 Jews and Arabs gathered at the Jewish-owned spice shop Tiv and the Arab Abulafia family's twenty-four-hour bakery. Through intimate personal interviews and memoirs, letters, and diaries, Adam LeBor gives us a crucial insight into the human lives behind the apparently intractable story of national conflict and a vivid narrative of cataclysmic change. LeBor deftly weaves the personal story of six families, three Jewish and three Arab, into a rich and complex history of Israel and Palestine in the twentieth century. In a special updated afterword, LeBor returns to Jaffa after ten years to find a city greatly changed by gentrification, demolition and waves of new incomers. Rising prices have scattered communities. The exodus of Jaffa's Arabs continues. But with all the changes, the desire for integration endures. LeBor's magnificent history is a story of hope found in the memories of the Levant's once dazzling mosaic of cultures and communities. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)956.948History and Geography Asia Middle East The Levant Israel and Palestine Tel Aviv DistrictKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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