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Professor Trevor Le Gassick of the University of Michigan discusses US-Arab misunderstanding, religion, Israel and Palestine on the America Radio Network.
Excerpt:
TFS: …and you did a book called The Secret Life of Saeed?
TLG: Yes, that is one of those that I translated, yes.
TFS Are there lessons in books like this that are valuable, or is it just a matter of taking a classic from one language and moving it into another so others can have access. Is there some reason for us to go out and read this stuff?
TLG: Well this particular book is extraordinarily important, it seems to me, to have available in English at this time. And there is quite a large readership developing for it. Because, of course, it shows what it’s like to be an Arab Christian, born and bred in Palestine, and become absorbed into the state of Israel. So it is very topical in that sense of displaying what it is like to be an Israeli Arab. And, of course, it gets to the fundamental issues of the problems between the Israelis and Palestinians.
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