“An Iraqi and a Palestinian moved to live in Israel,” starts the joke. Except that in 1996 when I moved to live to Jerusalem I didn’t know the punch line, not yet, anyway. Let me explain, I am an Iraqi citizen and with my Palestinian husband I found myself inside a surreal set of experiences. Have you ever heard of a tourist who introduces the locals to their own city? In Jerusalem I found myself taking my Palestinian friend on a tour of west Jerusalem for the first time in her life and later my Israeli friend on a tour of eastern Jerusalem for the first time in her life as well. Both were born and raised in the city yet astounded by what they found on the other side. Living in between two colliding worlds exacts a price and I find myself telling you the story of how I lost my religion in the holy lands. Standing on the edge of insanity, one day I walked into a public washroom to read graffiti scribbled on the wall that stated “Your life is a joke without a punch line”. I sensed the cosmic joker pointing his finger at me, mocking my state of affairs. I got out of that washroom determined to prove him wrong and so I wrote this book. Like all struggles, the most painful one is the one you fight with yourself. Sometimes the keyboard is more powerful than a cruise missile. Other times it is not. My life is a joke with a powerful punch line. I wrote it myself.

Paperback

Pages: 296

Binding: Perfect-bound

Paperback Interior: Ink Black & white

Dimensions: (inches) 6.0 wide × 9.0 tall

Price: 20.00$