Son of Hamas
I am just starting this book(Son of Hamas) and I would highly recommend anyone interested in the Palestinian/Israeli conflict to pick it up.
This book is unique in the fact that it isn't an outsider's point of view on the Israel/Palestine conflict, nor is it an outsider who is writing about Islam, but a man who's family is deeply religious, a man who's father was one of the founding members of Hamas.
I am only on ch. 2, but Mr. Yousef writes so eloquently it is hard to put down and yet a part of me wants to put it down because I know there will be no happy ending to this story.
Another thing about this book that makes it so compelling is the way he paints people it would be so easy for others to write off as just terrorists, his loving portrayal of his father, as a man who's intentions are good, but like so many others before him what he starts out to do and what he becomes along the way are two different beasts.
Okay I'll stop now I'm having a hard time articulating myself at the moment. :-)
This book is unique in the fact that it isn't an outsider's point of view on the Israel/Palestine conflict, nor is it an outsider who is writing about Islam, but a man who's family is deeply religious, a man who's father was one of the founding members of Hamas.
I am only on ch. 2, but Mr. Yousef writes so eloquently it is hard to put down and yet a part of me wants to put it down because I know there will be no happy ending to this story.
Another thing about this book that makes it so compelling is the way he paints people it would be so easy for others to write off as just terrorists, his loving portrayal of his father, as a man who's intentions are good, but like so many others before him what he starts out to do and what he becomes along the way are two different beasts.
Okay I'll stop now I'm having a hard time articulating myself at the moment. :-)