Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land (Audiobook)

from AuntieClio

Shipler won the Pulitzer Prize in 1987 for this book. As hard as it was to read sometimes, it must have been harder to write. Shipler lived in Jerusalem with his family for five years and recounts his experiences with the prejudices and hatred that exist between Jews and Arabs. It's not all racis...

from SeriousGrace

This is the history of the relationship between Arab and Jew. Shipler painstakingly traces the prejudice back to its origin and examines the cultural, religious, and socioeconomic divide that has existed ever since. Shipler's reporting is exemplary. He is unbiased but obviously very concerned abo...

from almigwin

This is a revision of an in-depth look at the feelings and beliefs of Jews and Arabs in 1986, before September 11th. It has been revised in 2002 and again in 2015. The occurrences that have changed some of the text are noted parenthetically or in footnotes. The book is an attempt to get close to ...

from AuntieClio

Shipler won the Pulitzer Prize in 1987 for this book. As hard as it was to read sometimes, it must have been harder to write. Shipler lived in Jerusalem with his family for five years and recounts his experiences with the prejudices and hatred that exist between Jews and Arabs. It's not all racis...

from PhoenixTerran

2001 edition, Revised and Updated Arab and Jew is a wonderful introduction to the Arab-Israeli conflict. David K. Shipler won a Pulitzer Prize when he published the first edition of this book in 1986. In his revised edition, Shipler has chosen to keep the text of the original, supplementing it wi...