{"product_id":"your-stories-look-me-in-the-eyes-paperback","title":"Your Stories Look Me in the Eyes - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom societies living together yet drowning in hatred and despair emerge two souls who see the truth in the wisdom of their prophets: \"Feed the hungry and greet with words of peace those you know and those you do not know\" and \"the work of righteousness shall be peace\". Basman Derawi (Gaza\/Egypt) and Michal Rubin (Israel\/US) write for a true \"Never again\" \"Not in my name\", for a child not to have \"Genocide\" in his\/her dictionary, for living colonization free, occupation free, for no more selective humanity, for justice which is the only road to real peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book of searching and finding, through fear and pain, their shared humanity, love of the land, and its people, and decide, in their unique way through poetry, to co-create the yet unfertilized seed of a new reality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Rubin writes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen I hear you say \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I am from Gaza\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI think I must paint the screams I don't hear\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand that there isn't enough love\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enor enough red paint \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand what color to use \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor the silence \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebetween cries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd Derawi responds: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen I hear you say, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I am from Israel\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand you unzip your chest, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehanding me your heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSame hearts, same humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI breathe again, I almost cry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in this collection are a precious example of a careful and thoughtful paradigm shift, creating a path to a world of justice, trust, caring, love, and safety between \"enemies\". \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378555125983,"sku":"9781967022205","price":16.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/XzYZdPybOF9781967022205.webp?v=1789258041","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/your-stories-look-me-in-the-eyes-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}