The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian's Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian's Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker Hot

The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian's Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker
Format
Number Of Pages, Discs, Etc.
368
Publisher
Date Published
February 01, 2011
ASIN
B005DI7S54
As a teenager in Palestine, Sami al Jundi had one ambition: overthrowing Israeli occupation. With two friends, he began to build a bomb to use against the police. But when it exploded prematurely, killing one of his friends, al Jundi was caught and sentenced to ten years in prison.

It was in an Israeli jail that his unlikely transformation began. Al Jundi was welcomed into a highly organized, democratic community of political prisoners who required that members of their cell read, engage in political discourse on topics ranging from global revolutions to the precepts of nonviolent protest and revolution.

Al Jundi left prison still determined to fight for his people’s rights—but with a very different notion of how to undertake that struggle. He cofounded the Middle East program of Seeds of Peace Center for Coexistence, which brings together Palestinian and Israeli youth.

Marked by honesty and compassion for Palestinians and Israelis alike, The Hour of Sunlight illuminates the Palestinian experience through the story of one man’s struggle for peace.

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The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian's Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker 2012-04-21 05:36:54 NCreviewer
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NCreviewer Reviewed by NCreviewer    April 21, 2012
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Engaging from the very first sentence, the story of Sami al Jundi's life shows in unadorned language what is to be human. The Hour of Sunlight depicts the beauty and pain that comes in Sami's journey through life, as he strives to be a proud son to his family and his people - but exactly who are "his people" is the question around which the story evolves.

The universal lessons in this book transcend the politics of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Nonetheless The Hour of Sunlight serve as an excellent and humanizing examination of life as a Palestinian refugee. Through Sami's eyes we see injustice and torture that are truly Kafkaesque, yet emerge with a smile and warmth that come from the best part of the human soul.
JShaw, Amazon Reviewer

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