{"product_id":"9780996110617","title":"Smuggled Stories from the Holy Land","description":"Carmen Jarrah's travel involves trying to unravel the conundrums of Arab life in Palestine\/ Israel. She has compressed three extensive trips into her Smuggled Stories, exploring aspects of Israeli and Palestinian peace groups and their often agonizing confrontations with the military. A grim reality. Yet the dauntless Palestinian story shines through - a love of the land, an ancestral home imprinted on the Arab consciousness, a relentless connection to the soil and its old olive trees - and a story resting firmly in an ancient sense of belonging that no amount of checkpoint violence and failed peace plans can remove.       It was a journey of awareness for Carmen, a critical feature of Muslim rihla writing. For those mystified by the region's conflicts, the book will awaken a new appreciation of a culture that grows more resilient and enduring with each battle. It is not a happy book but one of profound insight: The human spirit will not be denied, hence inspiring.","brand":"Mosaic Design Book Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120800514288,"sku":"9780996110617","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780996110617_p0.jpg?v=1763951843","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780996110617","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}