{"id":4797,"date":"2007-01-03T22:53:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-03T20:53:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-02-28T23:02:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T21:02:34","slug":"epalestine-few-new-brief-must-reads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2007\/01\/epalestine-few-new-brief-must-reads\/","title":{"rendered":"A few new, brief MUST READS \/ BOOK Blurb \/ Olive Harvest Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guardian (UK)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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These shameful events have humiliated the Arab world<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Saddam’s trial and mob execution reeked of western double standards. Yet Iraq’s neighbouring states failed to speak out<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Ghada Karmi<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Tuesday January 2, 2007<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/print\/0,,329673824-103677,00.html<\/u> <\/span> <\/font> <\/a><\/p>\n

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Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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We didn’t disappear<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Arabs in Israel call for a "state of all its citizens" to replace Jewish-only policies, writes Jonathan Cook in Nazareth <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

14 – 20 December 2006<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

http:\/\/weekly.ahram.org.eg\/2006\/824\/re72.htm<\/u> <\/span> <\/font> <\/a><\/p>\n

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To read full report in English, Arabic and Hebrew vist:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

"The Future Vision of the Palestinian Arabs in Israel"<\/u> <\/span> <\/font> <\/a><\/p>\n

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The Philadelphia Inquirer (USA)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Commentary<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Truth at last, while breaking a U.S. taboo of criticizing Israel<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

By George Bisharat<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Jan. 02, 2007<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20070219180819\/http:\/\/www.philly.com:80\/mld\/inquirer\/news\/editorial\/16363618.htm<\/u> <\/span> <\/font> <\/a><\/p>\n

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Book<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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I was asked by this author to read this book and write a blurb.  I share my blurb for those that may be interested in getting the book.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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The Woman I left Behind (by Kim Jensen)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n


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The Woman I left Behind<\/em> is much more than an untraditional love story.  A Palestinian refugee and a young American woman become equally entangled in the each other’s past, present and future.  Their story is interwoven with class struggle, national aspirations, careers, love, and the good and bad of each other’s culture.  Both of them, searching for a meaningful relationship, find that courage is needed when they are confronted with the opportunity to learn about themselves through the other.  While living in California, Irene’s lover, Khalid, has flashbacks of his days in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in 1982: “There is no gap between present and memory.  No chain of events that makes sense.  No moment that he can pinpoint and say, ‘that’s the past’ and ‘now it’s over.’”  This simple distinction of how time is framed captures an invaluable lesson for all those who try to make sense of the chasm between the West and Middle East.  This novel may be the softest entry point for both peoples, Palestinians and Americans, to learn how similar, and different, both are.  –Sam Bahour, co-editor of Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians<\/em>  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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To get the book visit:  <\/span> <\/font> http:\/\/www.kimjensen.org\/<\/u> <\/span> <\/font> <\/a><\/p>\n

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Film<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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The Olive Harvest<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Hanna Elias<\/u> <\/span> <\/font> <\/a> , a friend, film writer and director and ePalestine subscriber (plus one of those 20% Israeli citizens that are Palestinian Arab – see 2nd article above) just notified me that his film has been relased in DVD format.  I saw this award winning film during its preview here in Ramallah.  I urge you to support him by buying the DVD and showing it in your community.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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www.TheOliveHarvest.com<\/u> <\/span> <\/font> <\/a><\/p>\n

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Hanna Elias<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

hannalatif@hotmail.com<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Guardian (UK) These shameful events have humiliated the Arab world Saddam’s trial and mob execution reeked of western double standards. Yet Iraq’s neighbouring states failed to speak out Ghada Karmi Tuesday January 2, 2007 http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/print\/0,,329673824-103677,00.html ——————————————————————————————– Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt) We didn’t disappear Arabs in Israel call for a "state of all its citizens" to replace […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[936],"class_list":["post-4797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"authors":[{"term_id":936,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"sambahour","display_name":"Sam Bahour","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bca109c333bf6d8ae807746dd512adde46265d37c923f6cd0fc4aab437f8e9aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"1","first_name":"Sam","last_name":"Bahour","user_url":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour","job_title":"","description":"

Sam Bahour<\/strong> is a Palestinian-American business consultant, writer, and commentator based in Al-Bireh\/Ramallah, Palestine. He is the principal of Applied Information Management (AIM)<\/a>, a consultancy specializing in business development and startup advisory services.<\/p>\r\n

Bahour was instrumental in establishing two of Palestine\u2019s publicly traded companies: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He co-founded Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy (A4VPE), of which he is now an emeritus member, and served as an independent director on the board of Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. from 2004 to 2025. He currently serves on the board of Just Vision<\/a> and The Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS)<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n

He frequently gives talks to delegations visiting Palestine on the subjects of Palestine\u2019s political economy, Palestinian Politics 101, and a general orientation to the state of affairs under Israeli military occupation.<\/p>\r\n

A prolific writer on Palestinian affairs, Bahour has been published in major international outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian, Haaretz, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera America, Le Monde diplomatique, Al-Monitor, +972 Magazine, The Hill, and Arab News. He has appeared as a commentator on NPR, CNN, BBC, and other broadcast media.<\/p>\r\n

Bahour is the co-editor of Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians<\/a><\/em> (Olive Branch Press, 1993) and was profiled in the bestselling anthology Kingdom of Olives and Ash<\/a><\/em>, edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, in a chapter authored by Chabon titled \u201cThe Tallest Man in Ramallah<\/a>.\u201d He holds an Associate\u2019s and Bachelor\u2019s degree in Computer Technology from Youngstown State University, and a Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA \u2014 a joint program of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Recanati Business School at Tel Aviv University.<\/p>\r\n

He tweets at @SamBahour<\/a>, blogs at www.epalestine.ps<\/a>, and may be reached at sbahour[AT]gmail[DOT]com.<\/p>"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4797"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10018,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4797\/revisions\/10018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4797"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=4797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}