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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book!  <br/><br/>I think Elias is an incredible person-I would enjoy meeting him and talking about the process of becoming the man he has become. I was touched by how the Beatitudes shaped his thoughts and life.<br/> <br/>I liked how he was honest with his internal battles ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67762632">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read little from a Palestinian's perspective on the Israel/Palestinian conflict. I'm amazed at the graciousness of this author as he retells the tragedies his family and village experienced from the '40s onward. He identifies the real enemy, not as the Jewish nation, but a common enemy, which l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60919898">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is very interesting and disturbing. It is a true story about a Palestinian christian boy growing up in Israel during the late 40's when the world went in and decided to kick out the Palestininas and give most everything to the Jews. It makes you rethink the jew vs palestinian conflict, or at le...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70071231">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Palestian Christian first-person perspective.  Recommended by a colleague at Ohio Wesleyan.  Looking forward to talking about it with him in the fall.  Still leaves a lot of questions unanswered, but offers a new view on the ongoing challenges of finding peace in the Middle East.]]></body>
    
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