ISBN:
9780802124555
,
0802124550
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 289 Seiten
,
22 cm
Edition:
First edition
Year of publication:
2016
Uniform Title:
Ben ha-Arets
DDC:
956.94054
Keywords:
Qashu, Sayed
;
Palestinian Arabs
;
Hebrew wit and humor
;
Israeli wit and humor
;
Jewish-Arab relations
;
Newspapers Sections, columns, etc
;
Israel Social life and customs
;
Israel Social conditions 21st century
;
Neuhebräisch
;
Kurzgeschichte
;
Israel
;
Palästinenser
Abstract:
A collection of interrelated essays by the Arab-Israeli satirical columnist captures the nuances of everyday family life in modern Jerusalem, detailing his experiences with racism, marriage, parenthood, Jewish-Arab conflicts, professional ambition and world traveling. --Publisher's description
Abstract:
PART I: Warning signs (2006-2007). Warning sings ; High tech ; Head start ; I, the jury ; Happy birthday ; Holiday in Tel Aviv ; I stand accused ; Unseamly ; Happy holiday ; Instead of a story ; Stage fright ; Do you love me? ; Nouveau riche ; My investment advice ; A room of my own ; The next big thing ; Yes, I don't want to ; The bicycle ; Vox populi -- PART II: Foreign passports (2008-2010). Foreign passports ; Sayed's theater ; Rabbit monster ; Home again ; New deal ; Taking notice ; Land of unlimited possibilities ; Good morning, Israel ; Superman and me ; Bar-side banter ; Cry me a river ; Kashua's complaint -- PART III: Antihero (2010-2012). Antihero ; Castles in the air ; The Writers Festival ; Meet the author ; Night conversation ; The bypass ; Good-bye, Dad ; That burning feeling ; A friend in need ; Pilgrim's progress ; Dishing it out ; A lesson in Arabic ; Holy work ; Car noir ; The bigger picture ; And then the police arrived ; What's in a name? ; Loving one's son just as nature made him: uncircumcised ; Still small voices in the night ; Homework ; Dutch treat. Or not. -- PART IV: The stories that I don't dare tell (2012-2014). The stories that I don't dare tell ; Pride and prejudice ; Splash back ; The heavens will weep ; Without parents ; Love therapist ; Bibi does ; Old man ; Quest for another homeland ; The court! ; Electricity in the air ; Is there a future? ; An open letter from the piece of shrapnel in the rear end of an IDF soldier ; A revolutionary peace plan ; America ; Good-bye cigarettes, hello yoga ; Farewell
Note:
A collection of the author's newspapers columns from the Israeli paper Haaretz
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