answering questions about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Frank, Mitch
2005
Presents a series of questions and answers that seeks to explain the origins and conflict behind the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, failed attempts at peace, and its significance to the rest of the world.
The author describes growing up with an American mother and Arabic father. Details her childhood split between Seattle and Qatar, her time with her Bedouin family as a teen, and her search for her own identity as a young woman that takes her from from the Arabian Gulf and Cairo, to Mount Sinai.
Examines the evolution in Egyptian state policy, policy-making, and implementation toward the Arab world in the years between 1952 and 1961, a period during which Egypt actively pursued leadership in the Arab nationalist movement, and considers the role of Gamal Abdel Nasser in bringing about the change.
Sadat, Kissinger, Carter, Begin, and the quest for Arab-Israeli peace
Stein, Kenneth W.
1999
Chronicles the thirty-year Arab-Israeli peace process, analyzing the personalities of the key individuals involved, and featuring interviews with over eighty participants in the military and political negotiations between Egypt and Israel.
Examines Arab views of America drawing on interviews with people throughout the Arab world. Focuses on political issues such as opinions about American support for Israel and the American occupation of Iraq. Also discusses views of American media, attitudes, and character.