In between Jonathan Kellerman and Mahmoud Darwish who used Palestine as a metaphor for the loss of Eden, birth and resurrection, and the anguish of dispossession and exile?
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Jonathan Kellerman Jonathan Kellerman (born August 9, 1949) is an American psychologist, and Edgar and Anthony Award-winning author of numerous bestselling suspense novels.
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Mahmoud Darwish Mahmoud Darwish (Arabic: محمود درويش‎ , "maḥmūd darwīsh " ‎ , 13 March 1941 – 9 August 2008) was a Palestinian poet and author who was regarded as the Palestinian national poet. He won numerous awards for his works. Darwish used Palestine as a metaphor for the loss of Eden, birth and resurrection, and the anguish of dispossession and exile. He has been described as incarnating and reflecting "the tradition of the political poet in Islam, the man of action whose action is poetry." He also served as an editor for several literary magazines in Israel.
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Arthur Katz Arthur "Art" Katz (Brooklyn, February 13, 1929 – June 28, 2007) was an American author and Christian preacher who traveled the world teaching an alternative to what he described as today's "make nice" Christianity. Born to Jewish parents, he became a self-proclaimed Marxist/atheist, and then was converted to Christianity while taking a year sabbatical from his Oakland, California, teaching job and traveling through Europe in 1963.
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David Kherdian David Kherdian (born 1931) is an Armenian-American writer, poet, and editor. He is known best for "The Road from Home" (Greenwillow Books, 1979), based on his mother's childhood—cataloged as biography by some libraries, as fiction by others.
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Temple Denial Temple Denial refers to the assertion that none of the Temples in Jerusalem ever existed or were not located on the Temple Mount. Israeli writer David Hazony has described the phenomenon as "a campaign of intellectual erasure [by Palestinian leaders, writers, and scholars] ... aimed at undermining the Jewish claim to any part of the land", and compared the phenomenon to Holocaust denial. Daniel Levin calls Temple denial a "relatively new phenomenon" that "has become a central tenet of Palestinian nationalism". He stated: "The Islamic land trust is destroying Judeo-Christian ruins beneath the Temple Mount so as to deny any connection between Judaism and Christianity and Jerusalem."
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Zebah and Zalmunna Zebah (Hebrew: זֶ֫בַח‎ ‎ "Zeḇaḥ", "sacrifice", Zebee in the Brenton Septuagint Translation and the Douai-Rheims Bible) and Zalmunna (צַלְמֻנָּע "Ṣalmunnā‘", "shade denied", Salmana in the Brenton Septuagint Translation and the Douai-Rheims Bible) were the two kings who led the vast host of the Midianites who invaded the land of Israel, and over whom Gideon gained a great and decisive victory (Judges 8). Zebah and Zalmunna had succeeded in escaping across the Jordan River with a remnant of the Midianite host, but were overtaken at Karkor, probably in the Hauran, and routed by Gideon. The kings were taken alive and brought back across the Jordan; and confessing that they had personally taken part in the killing of Gideon's brothers, they were put to death.
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Book of Lamentations The Book of Lamentations (Hebrew: אֵיכָה‎ , "‘Êykhôh", from its incipit meaning "how") is a collection of poetic laments for the destruction of Jerusalem. In the Hebrew Bible it appears in the Ketuvim ("Writings"), beside the Song of Songs, Book of Ruth, Ecclesiastes and the Book of Esther (the Megilloth or "Five Scrolls"), although there is no set order; in the Christian Old Testament it follows the Book of Jeremiah, as the prophet Jeremiah is its traditional author. Jeremiah's authorship is no longer generally accepted, although it is generally accepted that the destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon in 586 BCE forms the background to the poems. The book is partly a traditional "city lament" mourning the desertion of the city by God, its destruction, and the ultimate return of the divinity, and partly a funeral dirge in which the bereaved bewails and addresses the dead. The tone is bleak: God does not speak, the degree of suffering is presented as undeserved, and expectations of future redemption are minimal.
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Samih al-Qasim Samīħ al-Qāsim (Arabic: سميح القاسم‎ ‎ ; Hebrew: סמיח אל קאסם‎ ; 1939 - August 19, 2014) was a Palestinian Arabic-language poet whose work is well known throughout the Arab world. Son of a Palestinian Druze family, he was born in Transjordan and lived in Israel throughout his childhood and adult life. His poetry is influenced by two primary periods of his life: before and after the Six-Day War - until 1967 he was mainly influenced by Arab nationalism; in 1967 he joined the Israeli Communist political party, Rakah, and later activated in the closely related Front for Democracy and Equality "Hadash".
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Daniel Komen Daniel Kipngetich Komen (born 17 May 1976 in Elgeyo
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Adam Ahmed Adam Ahmed is a Darfuri author, born in the village of Dissa in North Darfur; his date of birth in unknown and estimated sometime between the years 1979 and 1981. Ahmed writes about Darfuri culture and the life in the countryside of Darfur before the war, about the genocide in Darfur, and about the lives of Darfuri refugees in exile.
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Palestinian Declaration of Independence The Palestinian Declaration of Independence is a statement written by the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish and proclaimed by Yasser Arafat on 15 November 1988. It had previously been adopted by the Palestinian National Council, the legislative body of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), by a vote of 253 in favour 46 against and 10 abstentions. It was read at the closing session of the 19th Palestinian National Council to a standing ovation. Upon completing the reading of the declaration, Arafat, as Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization assumed the title of "President of Palestine." In April 1989, the PLO Central Council elected Yasser Arafat the first President of the State of Palestine.
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The Hope (novel) The Hope is a historical novel by Herman Wouk about pivotal events in the history of the State of Israel from 1948 to 1967. These include Israel's War of Independence, the 1956 Sinai War (known in Israel as "Operation Kadesh"), and the Six-Day War. The narrative is continued in the sequel "The Glory".
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David Nekrutman David Nekrutman (Hebrew: דוד נקרוטמן‎ ; born 28 November 1973) is an American-Israeli Orthodox Jewish writer, director, columnist, theologian, public speaker, and pro-Israel activist. He is a prominent figure and pioneer in the world of Jewish-Christian relations, and is the executive director of the "Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation" (CJCUC), co-founder of the "Day to Praise" global interfaith initiative, and founder of the "Blessing Bethlehem" aid organization. In addition, Nekrutman is a columnist who has written for "The Jerusalem Post", "Charisma Magazine", and "The Times of Israel".
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Najwan Darwish Najwan Darwish (Arabic: نجوان درويش ); born December 8, 1978 in Jerusalem, Palestine is one of the foremost Arabic-language poets of his generation.
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Nonie Darwish Nonie Darwish (Arabic: نوني درويش‎ ‎ ; born Nahid Darwish, 1949) is an Egyptian-American human rights activist and critic of Islam, and founder of Arabs for Israel, and is Director of Former Muslims United. She is the author of four books: "Now They Call Me Infidel: Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror", "", "", and "". Darwish's speech topics cover human rights, with emphasis on women's rights and minority rights in the Middle East.
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Anwar Nusseibeh Anwar Bey Nuseibeh (Arabic: أنور نسيبة‎ ‎ ) Anwar Bey Nuseibeh (1913–1986) was a leading Palestinian moderate who held several major posts in the Jordanian Government before Israel took control of East Jerusalem and the West Bank in the 1967 war. After the Six Day War he became one of the first Palestinians involved in contacts with Israel after it captured the Eastern part of the city and later encouraged his son, Sari Nusseibeh, to make contact with the Israelis.
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Zaki al-Ghul Zaki al-Ghul (Arabic: زكي الغول; born 1926) is a Palestinian politician based in Jordan. Born in 1926 in Silwan neighbourhood, Jerusalem, he graduated from the Palestinian Institute of Law in 1948 and holds a doctorate from John F. Kennedy University in 2006. Since 1999 he has served as the titular mayor of East Jerusalem. Due to the forced shutting down of all councils related to the East Jerusalem municipal services by Israeli forces, al-Ghul holds what constitutes a purely formal position or title without any practical or real authority.
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Kurds in Palestine Palestinian Kurds, (Kurdish: Kurdên Filistînê‎ , Arabic: اكراد فلسطين‎ ‎ : "Akrad Filisteen"), are Palestinians who are of Kurdish ancestry. The origins of majority of Palestinian Kurds is traced to the era of conquests of Kurdish Ayyubid dynasty during the crusades. The Ayyubid rulers settled many Kurdish tribes in Palestine in order to secure the borders of their empire. Among the major Kurdish settlements in Palestine are city of Hebron (al-Khalil), Jerusalem (al-Quds) and Nablus. It is estimated that as much as one third of inhabitants of Hebron are of Kurdish origin where they have had their own quarters, named after them such as Harat al-Akrad (quarter of the Kurds). There are also many Kurdish clans who came to Palestine at post-Ayyubid periods, especially during Ottomans.
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Children of Eden Children of Eden is a two-act musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by John Caird. The musical is based on the Book of Genesis. Act I tells the story of Adam and Eve, Cain, and Abel, and Act II deals with Noah and the Flood. Though it had a short run on London's West End in the Prince Edward Theatre and has never played Broadway, the show is popular in community theatres worldwide. While many productions of the show have used the same principals in both acts, with the actors each taking on a different character for the story of Noah, the original West End production did not utilize doubling of principals.
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Icon of Evil Icon of Evil: Hitler's Mufti and the Rise of Radical Islam is a 2008 book by David G. Dalin and John F. Rothmann initially published by Random House; the 2009 version of the book by Transaction Publishers has an introduction by Alan Dershowitz. It is a biography of Haj Amin al-Husseini (1895–1974), who was the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem during the British Mandate period. Some reviewers were critical of its "overtly propagandistic" style, citing numerous factual errors and criticizing its thesis that a direct line can be drawn from the Mufti to modern-day Islamic leaders as unconvincing and lacking evidence. Other reviewers praised the book, one describing it as "the first serious biography of the mufti to appear in 14 years".
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Ahmad H. Sa'di Ahmad Sa'di (Arabic: احمد سعدي‎ ‎ ‎ ; ; Born 1958) is a Palestinian social scientist and a tenured professor in the Department of Politics and Government in Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is the author of multiple books. Most notably he co-authored "Nakba: Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory" (2007) with Lila Abu-Lughod.
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Manuel Musallam Manuel Musallam (Arabic: منويل مسلم‎ ‎ ; born 16 April 1938) is a Palestinian Catholic priest. His pastoral work has taken him to Jordan, the West Bank, and to Gaza. He is a Palestinian activist, strongly opposed to Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories, and the Judaization of Jerusalem. He has opened the doors of Christian schools to Muslim families, worked to achieve an understanding between Fatah and Hamas and has been instrumental in brokering solutions to both infra-Muslim and Muslim-Christian tensions. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, appointed him head of the Department for the Christians of the Palestinian Foreign Office. He is an orator of distinction, and a founder of Palestinian Folklore Groups, for which he was awarded a gold medal. Father Musallem retired to Birzeit, aged 71, on health grounds, in May 2009.