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The Garden of Wisdom: Earth Tales from the Middle East

By Reviewed by Katie Green on December 1, 2019

Edited by Michael J. Caduto, illustrated by Odelia Liphshiz. Green Heart Books, 2018. 158 pages. $26.95/hardcover; $19.95/paperback; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for […]

Katie Green is a member of Clearwater (Fla.) Meeting. She is a storyteller and has led workshops at the Friends General Conference Gathering and New England Yearly Meeting annual sessions.

Posted in: December 2019 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Quaker Book Reviews, Quaker Kids

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Lens on Syria: A Photographic Tour of Its Ancient and Modern Culture

By Reviewed by Brent Bill on June 1, 2019

By Daniel Demeter. Just World Books, 2016. 304 pages. $49.99/hardcover; $29.99/paperback. While I do know a fair amount about photography, […]

Brent Bill is a photographer, writer, and retreat leader who lives in Indiana. A member of West Newton (Ind.) Meeting, his newest book Beauty, Truth, Life, and Love will be released in September 2019.

Posted in: June/July 2019 Books, June/July 2019: Food Choices, Quaker Book Reviews

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Among Friends: All Land Is Holy Land

By Martin Kelley on March 1, 2018

An introduction to our March issue on Quakers and the Holy Land.

Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal.

Posted in: Among Friends, Quakers and the Holy Land

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What Once Was Can Be Again

By Sandy Rea on March 1, 2018

Working on a shared vision of equality and a just peace between Palestinians and Israelis.

Sandy Rea is a member of Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting. He has lived for three separate years in the Middle East and visited a number of other times. He serves as clerk of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Middle East Collaborative.

Posted in: Features, Quakers and the Holy Land

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Dear Friends (an Open Letter)

By Jean Zaru on March 1, 2001

The Oslo Accords have presented the world with misleading images of peace [between Israel and the Palestinians], and now we […]

Jean Zaru, presiding clerk of Ramallah Meeting in the West Bank, wrote this letter in December 2000 to describe conditions in the West Bank from her point of view as a Palestinian.

Posted in: Features, March 2001

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