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Where the Line Is Drawn: A Tale of Crossings, Friendships, and Fifty Years of Occupation in Israel-Palestine Hardback - 2017

by Raja Shehadeh

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"[Shehadeh's] books are maps, painstakingly pieced together, of regions lost to senseless division, to bad choices, and to lies."
--The Nation

"Remarkable and hopeful . . . a deeply honest and intense memoir."
--Gal Beckerman, The New York Times Book Review

A moving account of one man's border crossings--both literal and figurative--by the award-winning author of Palestinian Walks, published on the fiftieth anniversary of the Six Day War

In what has become a classic of Middle Eastern literature, Raja Shehadeh, in Palestinian Walks, wrote of his treks through the hills surrounding Ramallah over a period of three decades under Israel's occupation.

In Where the Line Is Drawn, Shehadeh explores how occupation has affected him personally, chronicling the various crossings that he undertook into Israel over a period of forty years to visit friends and family, to enjoy the sea, to argue before the Israeli courts, and to negotiate failed peace agreements.

Those forty years also saw him develop a close friendship with Henry, a Canadian Jew who immigrated to Israel at around the same time Shehadeh returned to Palestine from studying in London. While offering an unforgettably poignant exploration of Palestinian-Israeli relationships, Where the Line Is Drawn also provides an anatomy of friendship and an exploration of whether, in the bleakest of circumstances, it is possible for bonds to transcend political divisions.

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  • Title Where the Line Is Drawn: A Tale of Crossings, Friendships, and Fifty Years of Occupation in Israel-Palestine
  • Author Raja Shehadeh
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher New Press
  • Publication date 2017-06-13
  • Features Maps
  • ISBN 9781620972915 / 1620972913
  • Weight 0.88 lbs (0.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.8 x 1 in (20.83 x 14.73 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
    • Ethnic Orientation: Arabic
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress subjects Arab-Israeli conflict, Shehadeh, Raja
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2017007627
  • Dewey Decimal Code 956.940

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Citations

  • Booklist, 06/01/2017, Page 46
  • Kirkus Reviews, 05/01/2017, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 05/15/2017, Page 0

About the author

Raja Shehadeh is a writer, lawyer, and the founder of the pioneering Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq, an affiliate of the International Commission of Jurists. He is the author of several books, including Strangers in the House; Occupation Diaries; Language of War, Language of Peace; the 2008 Orwell Prize-winning Palestinian Walks; and Where the Line Is Drawn (The New Press). He has written for the New York Times, the New Yorker, Granta, and other publications. He lives in Ramallah, Palestine.
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