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7+ YearsPublisher | HA |
ISBN 13 | 9781913368999 |
ISBN 10 | 1913368998 |
Book Description | Mohammad Tarbush was born in British Mandate Palestine in 1948. As an infant, he and his family were forced to evacuate their village together with its entire population after the Zionist victory that led to the establishment of the State of Israel. As landless refugees in the West Bank the family sank into poverty. When, as a teenager, Tarbush left home one day under the pretext of visiting relatives in Jordan, he in fact set off on a year-long hitchhiking journey to Europe, where he would eventually become a highly successful international banker and a key behind-the-scenes promoter of the Palestinian cause. My Palestine is a poignant personal memoir and an incisive political and economic commentary on the tumultuous events that have shaped the history of Palestine, Israel and the modern Middle East. |
About the Author | MOHAMMAD TARBUSH was born in Beit Nattif, near Jerusalem. After starting his education in a refugee camp in Jericho he continued in England, completing a doctoral degree at the University of Oxford. He went on to become a managing director at Deutsche Bank, then at UBS. He wrote extensively on Palestine in, among others, the International Herald Tribune, the Guardian and the Financial Times, and for over thirty years he was the chairman of the board of trustees at United Palestinian Appeal, a nonprofit, non-political charity based in Washington, D.C. |
Language | English |
Author | Mohammad Tarbush |
Publication Date | 2024-05-23 |
Number of Pages | 352 pages |
My Palestine: An Impossible Exile