One Conversation, Two Identities, Four Faiths : Gaza's Heartbreak through Questions, Faith and Friendship

Allan J Alonzo Wind

ISBN 10: 0578302543 / ISBN 13: 9780578302546

Edité par Enable & Ennoble, 2021

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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.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.More than 60,000 Palestinians have been killed since October 7, 2023. Headlines reduce them to numbers. One Conversation, Two Identities, Four Faiths is a daring collaboration between Allan J. 'Alonzo' Wind, a Jewish-American Bahá'í who served as Mission Director for International Medical Corps in Gaza, and Mohammed Arafat, a Gazan Muslim poet living in Washington, D.C., whose family is still caught in the devastation.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.The only book on the Gaza crisis co-authored by a senior American humanitarian who lived there and a Palestinian poet who grew up there.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: One Conversation, Two Identities, Four Faiths : Gaza's Heartbreak through Questions, Faith and Friendship
• Éditeur: Enable & Ennoble
• Date de parution: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0578302543
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780578302546
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 229 L x 152 H x 23 P (en millimètres) 229 millimètres de largeur par 152 millimètres de hauteur par 23 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 768 grammes

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Synopsis

Life is all about Surviving the Lessons and Growing from Them.

Shot at, arrested, threatened and endangered - Author Allan J. Wind survived incredible and unexpected dangers as a global humanitarian volunteer and lived to share the powerful lessons he learned on his travels.
If you're struggling to find inspiration and motivation because of the challenging events going on in the world, this book is a reminder that there are many remarkable stories of people out there who do care and whose generosity is changing the world.

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Along the way, there were unexpected dangers - near-death illness in the jungle, getting shot at in a police-military crossfire, an arrest and detention behind bars by an anti-American colonel looking to jail some gringos, tear gas and police truncheons from Nazi-influenced fascists in Chile, terrorist car bombs in Peru and an expulsion order by a drugs & thugs U.S. Ambassador in Bolivia when he got in the way of illicit spying.

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You will find as well reflections on the role and place for foreign aid, on religion, and on other topics many of us spend time questioning and dealing with. For some, a provocative discussion and meditation on searching for meaning and purpose after college. A story of successes, failures, redemption, challenges, faith, and perseverance.

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