{"product_id":"an-improbable-friendship-the-remarkable-lives-of-israeli-ruth-dayan-and-palestinian-raymonda-tawil-and-their-forty-year-peace-mission-paperback","title":"An Improbable Friendship: The Remarkable Lives of Israeli Ruth Dayan and Palestinian Raymonda Tawil and Their Forty-Year Peace Mission - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthony David\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA True Story of Friendship and Faith in the Face of Insurmountable Hatred\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Improbable Friendship\u003c\/i\u003e is the dual biography of Israeli Ruth Dayan, now over one hundred, who was Moshe Dayan's wife for thirty-seven years, and Palestinian journalist Raymonda Tawil, Yasser Arafat's mother-in-law, now seventy-eight. It reveals for the first time the two women's surprising and secret forty-year friendship and delivers the story of their extraordinary and turbulent lives growing up in a war-torn country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on personal interviews, diaries, and journals drawn from both women--Ruth lives today in Tel Aviv, Raymonda in Malta--author Anthony David delivers a fast-paced, fascinating narrative that is a beautiful story of reconciliation and hope in a climate of endless conflict. By experiencing their stories and following their budding relationship, which began after the Six-Day War in 1967, we learn the behind-the-scenes, undisclosed history of the Middle East's most influential leaders from two prominent women on either side of the ongoing conflict. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn award-winning biographer and historian, Anthony David brings us the story of unexpected friendship while he discovers the true pasts of two outstanding women. Their story gives voice to Israelis and Palestinians caught in the Middle East conflict and holds a persistent faith in a future of peace.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony David\u003c\/b\u003e has written eight books, including his collaboration with Palestinian leader Sari Nusseibeh on his autobiography, \u003ci\u003eOnce Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life\u003c\/i\u003e, voted one of the best books of the year by the \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e and Amazon and awarded the biennial 2010 Siegfried Unseld Prize presented by Suhrkamp; \u003ci\u003eLamentations of Youth: The Diaries of Gershom Scholem 1913-1923\u003c\/i\u003e; and the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eThe Letters of Hannah Arendt and Gershom Scholem\u003c\/i\u003e. He holds a PhD in European history from the University of Chicago and currently lives in Jerusalem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769788268832,"sku":"9781948924177","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5d9a04b3b19a67150b7e641953584d1c.webp?v=1780356628","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/an-improbable-friendship-the-remarkable-lives-of-israeli-ruth-dayan-and-palestinian-raymonda-tawil-and-their-forty-year-peace-mission-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}