One Conversation, Two Identities, Four Faiths: Gaza's Heartbreak Through Questions, Faith and Friendship - Softcover
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What happens when a Jewish-American humanitarian and a Muslim Palestinian poet decide to write a book together - in the middle of a war?
Allan J. Alonzo Wind spent two years leading medical missions in Gaza. Mohammed Arafat grew up there, surviving blockade after blockade before fleeing to the United States. They could have been enemies. Instead, they chose to listen.
One Conversation, Two Identities, Four Faiths is the unforgettable dialogue between these two unlikely friends - one a retired USAID diplomat with a Jewish background who embraced the Bahá'í Faith, the other a Gazan poet whose family remains trapped in the rubble. Their voices alternate page by page, creating an intimate back-and-forth that is by turns heartbreaking, funny, furious, and full of hope.
Through memoir, poetry, and brutally honest conversation, they take you inside the Gaza most Americans never see - the fish markets and fig groves before October 7th, the staff meetings under rocket fire, the twelve-kilometer walk along the shore under a sky full of stars - and into the moral questions that haunt everyone from afar.
This is not a policy book. This is a human book. If you have ever wanted to understand what it actually feels like on both sides of this conflict - and what it costs to choose compassion over hatred - start here.
Includes original poetry, photographs from Gaza before and during the war, and practical steps every reader can take toward interfaith understanding.
Silence, in times like these, is too close to surrender.
Writing in alternating voices - raw, personal, unscripted - they confront the hardest questions head-on: Does Israel's response constitute self-defense or collective punishment? Can you love Israel and love Palestine at the same time? How do you maintain faith when hospitals are bombed and children are starving?
They refuse easy answers. They refuse silence. And they refuse to let the extremists on any side have the last word.
With original poetry from Gaza, firsthand accounts of life under blockade and bombardment, and an interfaith call to action that spans Judaism, Islam, Christianity, the Bahá'í Faith, and the Druze tradition.
"If we can do this - a Muslim from Gaza and a Jewish Bahá'í from Brooklyn sitting together, disagreeing, weeping, and emerging as brothers - then so can you."
Essential reading for conflict resolution practitioners, interfaith organizations, policy institutes, and anyone seeking an authentic, ground-level resource on the most consequential humanitarian crisis of this generation.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. What happens when a Jewish-American humanitarian and a Muslim Palestinian poet decide to write a book together - in the middle of a war?Allan J. Alonzo Wind spent two years leading medical missions in Gaza. Mohammed Arafat grew up there, surviving blockade after blockade before fleeing to the United States. They could have been enemies. Instead, they chose to listen.One Conversation, Two Identities, Four Faiths is the unforgettable dialogue between these two unlikely friends - one a retired USAID diplomat with a Jewish background who embraced the Baha'i Faith, the other a Gazan poet whose family remains trapped in the rubble. Their voices alternate page by page, creating an intimate back-and-forth that is by turns heartbreaking, funny, furious, and full of hope.Through memoir, poetry, and brutally honest conversation, they take you inside the Gaza most Americans never see - the fish markets and fig groves before October 7th, the staff meetings under rocket fire, the twelve-kilometer walk along the shore under a sky full of stars - and into the moral questions that haunt everyone from afar.This is not a policy book. This is a human book. If you have ever wanted to understand what it actually feels like on both sides of this conflict - and what it costs to choose compassion over hatred - start here.Includes original poetry, photographs from Gaza before and during the war, and practical steps every reader can take toward interfaith understanding.Silence, in times like these, is too close to surrender.Writing in alternating voices - raw, personal, unscripted - they confront the hardest questions head-on: Does Israel's response constitute self-defense or collective punishment? Can you love Israel and love Palestine at the same time? How do you maintain faith when hospitals are bombed and children are starving?They refuse easy answers. They refuse silence. And they refuse to let the extremists on any side have the last word.With original poetry from Gaza, firsthand accounts of life under blockade and bombardment, and an interfaith call to action that spans Judaism, Islam, Christianity, the Baha'i Faith, and the Druze tradition."If we can do this - a Muslim from Gaza and a Jewish Baha'i from Brooklyn sitting together, disagreeing, weeping, and emerging as brothers - then so can you."Essential reading for conflict resolution practitioners, interfaith organizations, policy institutes, and anyone seeking an authentic, ground-level resource on the most consequential humanitarian crisis of this generation. An interfaith dialogue of peace driven by the current events in Gaza, all of Palestine and Israel. Uniting Jewish, Christian, Muslim and Baha'i points of view. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798990798397
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