The Almond Tree

Michelle Cohen Corasanti

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Welcome to Ask the Author.

I’m Michelle Cohen Corasanti, the author of The Almond Tree, and this area is an opportunity for readers to ask me questions and have a discussion about the book.

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How well has The Almond Tree been received in the U.S. and elsewhere?
OpenThe Hindu asked 10 years ago • 
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Novelist Robin Yassin-Kassab once said, “Palestinians, in the West at least, lack a popular counter narrative. Palestinians are reported on, met only in the news.” Do you agree?
OpenThe Hindu asked 10 years ago • 
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As a Jewish-American, wasn’t it difficult to write in the voice of a Palestinian?
OpenThe Hindu asked 10 years ago • 
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What made you write The Almond Tree?
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Do you think a ‘two-state solution’ is only means to resolve the conflict? Would creation of independent states restore peace?
OpenIts Only Words asked 10 years ago • 
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Nora vs Yasmine: Who makes the better wife according to you and why?


OpenIts Only Words asked 10 years ago • 
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Was it a deliberate attempt on the author’s part to represent the two brothers Ahmed and Abbas in stark contrast in terms of their political ideas? Was it a case of the ‘Good’ Palestinian (Ahmed- the math prodigy who wins the Nobel) vs the ‘Bad’ Palestinian (Abbas- the freedom fighter and lives in abject poverty)? Ahmed’s easy acceptance of the oppressor’s society is hailed but Abbas’ rejection to be part of the same is criticized. Why?


OpenIts Only Words asked 10 years ago • 
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Based on some of the reviews online, I realised that a white woman’s perspective on freedom struggles and resistance movements (in this case the Israeli-Palestine conflict) is scrutinised sharply to an extent of dismissing it as a skewed viewpoint, a portrayal, which is away from the truth. Why do you think it happens, is it a fair assessment in so far your book is concerned? Susan Abulhawa, for instance, says it’s “neoliberal white supremacy cloaked in sympathy and pseudo-solidarity” (I have read your response to her as well) Do you feel a white woman’s voice lacks ‘empathy’?
OpenIts Only Words asked 10 years ago • 
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Is the 'two-state solution' a probable means to restore peace?
OpenThe Times of India asked 10 years ago • 
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When Ahmed's father is imprisoned and reduced to a jobless poor villager, the almond tree is only a mute spectator, as helpless as the victims. Can silence ever be an answer to violence?
OpenThe Times of India asked 10 years ago • 
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