{"product_id":"9780990375104","title":"To Taste the Oil: The Flavor of Life in the Middle East","description":"The West does not understand the Middle Eastern mind. Cultures clash because the latter is rooted in traditions stemming back more than 2,000 years with its roots buried as a palm's in the desert sands of caravans, trade routes, and the door of faith.\u003cp\u003eChristians of the Middle East are largely a forgotten people in the West. The author paints word pictures in snapshots, scenes from events in life which are passages-marriage, baptism, death, burial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer poetry answers questions about how life in the Middle East is viewed:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is it like to live through numerous wars? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do Christians from the Middle East live in diaspora?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do those in the Middle East live in peace?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is it like to have been a Bedouin, and later forced to settle down?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarried to a Christian from Nazareth, Israel, Kelly Jadon writes To Taste the Oil as seen through American eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo Taste the Oil :\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--an important book for visitors to the Holy Land \u003cbr\u003e--beneficial to soldiers being deployed to the Middle East and those preparing to reside in the Middle East\u003cbr\u003e--intriguing reading for book clubs\u003cbr\u003e--educational reading for university and high school cultural, historical and literature classes\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Into The Deep Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024140288240,"sku":"9780990375104","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780990375104_p0.jpg?v=1763896179","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780990375104","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}