palestine

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palestine

Path of the orange peels

adventures in the early days of Tel Aviv
1979
During World War I as the British and Turks struggle for control of Palestine, a Jewish youth becomes unwittingly involved in a dangerous and important mission.

Exodus 1947

the ship that launched the nation
1999
The author tells about her experiences in Haifa in 1947 as a foreign correspondent for the "New York Post," where she witnessed the arrival of the ship, Exodus 1947, carrying over 4,500 Holocaust survivors who were attempting to find refuge in Palestine.

Tunjur! Tunjur! Tunjur!

a Palestinian folktale
2012
A childless woman's prayers are answered by the arrival of a talking pot, but the new mother knows that Little Pot must learn right from wrong just like any child.

Let me stand alone

the journals of Rachel Corrie
2008
A compilation of writings, drawings, and poems by Rachel Corrie that provide insights into the thoughts and motivations that led her from her home in Olympia, Washington, to the Middle East where she was killed in 2003 while trying to block the demolition of a Palestinian family's home in the Gaza Strip.

Digging up the Bible lands

1973
Examines eight historical sites in the Middle East showing how archaeology has expanded man's knowledge of Biblical times.

Speak, bird, speak again

Palestinian Arab folktales
1989

Hannah Szenes : A Song of Light

1998
A biography of a Jewish heroine whose mission to help rescue European Jews in World War II cost her her life.

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