{"product_id":"city-of-oranges","title":"City of Oranges","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eancient port\u003c\/b\u003e of Jaffa, now part of Tel Aviv, was once known as the \u003cb\u003e'Bride of Palestine'\u003c\/b\u003e. It was one of the great cosmopolitan cities of the Mediterranean. Once the centre of Palestinian modernity, Jaffa was the country's \u003cb\u003ecultural and political capital\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived, worked, and celebrated together. It was commonplace for the Arabs of Jaffa to attend a wedding at the house of the Jewish Chelouche family and even after 1948 Jews and Arabs gathered at the Jewish-owned spice shop Tiv and the Arab Abulafia family's twenty-four-hour bakery. Through \u003cb\u003eintimate\u003c\/b\u003e personal interviews and memoirs, letters, and diaries, Adam LeBor gives us a \u003cb\u003ecrucial insight\u003c\/b\u003e into the human lives behind the apparently intractable story of national conflict and a vivid narrative of cataclysmic change. LeBor deftly weaves the personal story of six families, three Jewish and three Arab, into a rich and complex history of Israel and Palestine in the twentieth century. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a \u003cb\u003especial updated afterword\u003c\/b\u003e, LeBor returns to Jaffa after ten years to find a city greatly changed by gentrification, demolition and waves of new incomers. Rising prices have scattered communities. The exodus of Jaffa's Arabs continues. But with all the changes, the \u003cb\u003edesire\u003c\/b\u003e for integration endures. LeBor's magnificent history is a story of hope found in the memories of the Levant's once dazzling mosaic of cultures and communities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32099463299155,"sku":"9781786695949","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781786695949.jpg?v=1765167319","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/city-of-oranges","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}