BY TOPIC: Checkpoints
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![From Wisconsin to Gaza to Jenin: An American Writer’s Lived Experience in Palestine [Book Review]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/from-wisconsin-to-gaza-to-jenin-1926401834.jpeg)
From Wisconsin to Gaza to Jenin: An American Writer’s Lived Experience in Palestine [Book Review]
The memoir of an American daughter of a German immigrant raised under Nazi Germany, and the mother of three Palestinian Americans, who meets Palestine from the ground level. An eloquent read with nuanced explanations of a multitude of key points about the conflict, explained in depth in extensive endnotes.
Literary Hub: The Tallest Man in Ramallah
“The tallest man in Ramallah offered to give us a tour of his cage. We would not even have to leave our table at Rukab’s Ice Cream, on Rukab Street; all he needed to do was reach into his pocket…” Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon roams the West Bank with Sam Bahour. This essay was first published on Literary Hub before appearing in the writers’ compendium, “Kingdom of Olives and Ash” (2017).
Haaretz: A Jewish response to Israeli checkpoints
!["The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017" [Recommended]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/the-hundred-years-war-on-palestine-a-history-of-settler-colonialism-and-resistance-1917–2017-by-rashid-khalidi-1-980x1490.jpg)