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Pro-Palestinian Book Wins Pulitzer Prize

Jerusalem-based author Nathan Thrall won the award for his account of Palestinian life in the West Bank.

  • Publish date: Monday، 13 May 2024
Pro-Palestinian Book Wins Pulitzer Prize

Jresusalem-based author Nathan Thrall's non-fiction book 'A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy' recently won the Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. 

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'A Day in the Life of Abed Salama' is about a Palestinian father who sets out to search for his son who has been in a school trip accident. However, the father, Abed Salama, has to cross various obstructions, including security checkpoints, before he can get to his son. 

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The jury for the Pulitzer called Thrall's book, "a finely reported and intimate account of life under Israeli occupation of the West Bank."

Recently, Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda won a Peabody Award for her coverage of life in Gaza during the ongoing war. 

Nathan Thrall is an author and essayist who wrote 'The Only Language They Understand: Forcing Compromise in Israel and Palestine'. Thrall has also taught at the Bard College. 

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