Archives for June 2014

  The Almond Tree is set in Palestine and takes place over a period of about 70 years. The conflict between Israel and Palestine plays a major role in the story. The Hamid family experience loss of property, loss of life and loss of freedom. They are also forced to work for the Israeli’s their […]

  I’m just going to say it: you need to read this book. It is an incredible journey of love, fear, and humanity. I climbed our almond tree. Abbas and I had named her Shahida, “witness,” because we spent so many hours in her watching the Arabs and Jews that she felt like a playmate […]

  This was a great historical fiction read about Israel from 1948 until modern day from a Palestinian viewpoint. Having visited Israel, I was fascinated by this story and have never read one like it. The Gaza situation of 2009 is heartbreaking and I was left wondering what can be done to end the bitter […]

  This was a very wonderful debut novel. It was a thought provoking book, which helped me further understand the hardships in the Middle East. With heart-wrenching details, author Michelle Cohen Corasanti wrote a very beautiful tale of a young boy living in Palestine that quickly captured my heart. The story and characters in this […]