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Crossing Mandelbaum Gate : coming of age between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956-1978 / Kai Bird.

Publication | Library Call Number: DS109.86.B56 A3 2010

Pulitzer Prize-winner Kai Bird's vivid memoir of an American childhood spent in the midst of the Arab-Israeli conflict in Jerusalem and Saudia Arabia.

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Format: Book
Author/Creator: Bird, Kai.
Published: New York : Scribner, 2010
Locale: Jerusalem
Dhahran (Saudi Arabia)
Saudi Arabia
Dhahran
Middle East
Language: English
Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed

Physical Description: xvii, 424 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9781416544401
1416544402 (hc.)
9781416544418 (pbk.)
1416544410 (pbk.)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-405) and index.
Subjects: Jerusalem--Biography.
Dhahran (Saudi Arabia)--Biography.
Arab-Israeli conflict--Personal narratives, American.
Jewish-Arab relations--History--20th century.
Consuls--Family relationships--Jerusalem.
Consuls--Family relationships--Saudi Arabia--Dhahran.
Middle East--Politics and government--1945-1979.
Bird, Kai--Childhood and youth.
Bird, Kai--Family.
American Colony (Jerusalem)--Biography.
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