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Jun 14, 2016 from an awardwinning journalist, a brave and necessary immersion into the everyday struggles of palestinian life over the past three years, american writer ben ehrenreich has been traveling to and living in the west bank, staying with palestinian families in its largest cities and its smallest villages. His fiction has been published in mcsweeneys, bomb, and black clock, among other publications. Ben ehrenreich explores planet hebron the intercept. Jul 08, 2016 the way to the spring, journalist ben ehrenreichs new book is the result of the three years he spent on the west bank. Ben ehrenreich writes a love letter to palestine the new york. The title derives from a spring, ein al qoos the bow spring, that was the main water supply for the farmersherders of the village. Ben ehrenreich throws stones at conventional wisdom about israel. His next book, the way to the spring will be published by penguin press in june. Life and death in palestine is the latest, and it is excellent.
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