Lorna's Silence
2009
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Jun 13, 2019 · He documents his journey in his memoir “The Words of My Father” and he spoke to our Alicia Menendez about how he has managed to forgive. (BEGIN VIDEO TAPE)
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Jun 13, 2019 · Yousef Bashir on His New Memoir “The Words of My Father”. Yousef Bashir was fifteen years old when an Israeli soldier shot him in the back outside his home in Gaza. But in the months...
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Sep 1, 2018 · Robin Wright writes about Yousef Bashir’s new memoir, “The Words of My Father,” and what it tells us about the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
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By Yousef Bashir. A Palestinian-American activist recalls his adolescence in Gaza during the Second Intifada, and how he made a strong commitment to peace in the face of devastating brutality in this moving, candid, and transformative memoir that reminds us of the importance of looking beyond prejudice, anger, and fear.
May 26, 2020 · Amid the tragedy of the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict, The Words of My Father is a powerful tale of moral awakening and a fraught, ferocious, and profound relationship between a son and his father.
In the Gaza Strip, growing up on land owned by his family for centuries, fourteen-year-old Yousef is preoccupied by video games, school pranks, and meeting his father’s impossibly high standards. Everything changes when the Second Intifada erupts and soldiers occupy the family home, turning it into a virtual prison.
May 7, 2019 · Amid the tragedy of the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict, The Words of My Father is a powerful tale of moral awakening and a fraught, ferocious, and profound relationship between a son and his father. Bashir's story and the ideals of peace and empathy it upholds are a soothing balm for these dangerous and troubled times, and a reminder that love ...
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