...Ilana M. Blumberg Abstract Focusing on a course taught to Palestinian and Jewish Israelis, this essay suggests that the study of life writing can help students develop a better informed civic identity, particularly in relation to divisive national matters. By carefully constructing collective...

...,” and Palestinian Walks . Abulhawa's ( 2010 ) sentimental historical novel begins with scenes of an idyllic life in Palestine pre- nakba , a life punctuated with olive harvests and prayer, one in which the Arab Palestinian boy Hasan and the Jewish boy Ari Perlstein enjoy a close friendship and are welcome in each...

..., a knowledge of Israeli-Palestinian political history. Feld 192  pedagogy is a  Jewish American playwright and Bapsi Sidhwa a Pakistani American writer. Both writers thrust into our consciousness the urgencies and traumas of places other than the United States. To do justice to these writers...