Jerusalem without God
Portrait of a Cruel City
There is no escaping the Jerusalem of the religious imagination. Not once but three times holy, its overwhelming spiritual significance looms large over the city's complex urban landscape and the diurnal rhythms and struggles that make up its earthbound existence. Nonetheless, writes Paola Caridi, in this intimate and hard-hitting portrayal of the city, it is possible to close one's eyes and, like the blind listening to sounds, discern the conflict and plurality of belonging that mark out the city' secular character. Jerusalem without God leads the reader through the streets, malls, suburbs, traffic jams, and squares of Jerusalem's present mo…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-61797-799-2
- EAN: 9781617977992
- Produktnummer: 30776143
- Verlag: The American University in Cairo Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 327 KB
Über den Autor
Paola Caridi lived in Cairo and Jerusalem from 2001to 2012, where she worked as a reporter and analyst on Middle East affairs. She is the author of Hamas: From Resistance to Government (2012) and maintains a blog, Invisiblearabs, on Arab popular culture and politics.
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