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A review by alyssabookrecs
Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape by Raja Shehadeh
5.0
4.5 stars
The last chapter made me cry with the imagery of two men who just met, a Palestinian Arab and an Israeli Jew, having a heated debate about what has happened to the land in terms of conservation and theft, while eventually settling down to smoke some hashish. It’s a bittersweet, haunting ending to a wonderful book about different walks the writer has taken in Palestine, noting how the landscape of the country has been altered.
The last chapter made me cry with the imagery of two men who just met, a Palestinian Arab and an Israeli Jew, having a heated debate about what has happened to the land in terms of conservation and theft, while eventually settling down to smoke some hashish. It’s a bittersweet, haunting ending to a wonderful book about different walks the writer has taken in Palestine, noting how the landscape of the country has been altered.