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The most incredibly helpful book in the topic I have found. I have always been told this region is too complex to understand, but Khalidi walks you through the history point by point in an easily digestible way. There is a lot going on, I started on audio & then switched to both versions so I could more easily go back and understand better certain events. I love the tone throughout & that the author has been personally involved in negotiations

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Dice roller this month because I have my niece and I'm scared she will steal my dice. Little goblin in the making!

June's #roll100

Roll 1 = 66
Roll 2 = 7
Roll 3 = 24

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Listening to the tagged on audio.
I have a couple of days off this week so hoping to get all of these done before end of month!

#StorySettings Day 10: Here are some award-winning stories from the #Desert - photo taken when we went to the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair before we left for Norway a week ago. Posting in advance as we will be traveling back home yet again.

An incredibly valuable resource for those who have no background in the historic conflict, up to modern day. Very clear in laying out events chronologically, does not shy away from identifying unjust actions. Attempts to identify a path to peace, even while acknowledging how far away it may be given the most recent events at time of publication.

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Holy ####, this was so good! It probably had something to do with the six cups of whole milk?

I‘ve never seen the pasta shape called for in the grocery store so I used another recommended shape and there wasn‘t enough. Next time, I‘d do 1.5x the amount of pasta and freeze half for another dinner. This also reheated way better than any other Mac and cheese I‘ve ever made.

Eighth recipe for #MtCookbook

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A really good history that I wish more people took the time to understand. I had to take it a chapter at a time, because my emotions were so strong after reading. I felt like the last couple of chapters lacked the detail of the first, but still found it a solid, engaging, and informative read.

I‘d watched the multi-part Al Jazeera ‘al nakba‘ and was so impressed by an interviewee speaking fluent Arabic that I looked him up and bought his book. It is a wonderful work spanning the Ottoman occupations (1500‘s) to the mid 00‘s, utilising a vast amount of Arabic material rather than a usual western-heavy approach. Learned so much. If you‘re interested in the region and it‘s events, relevant to us all in many ways - please check this one out.

A comprehensive guide to understanding the Israel-Palestine conflict. Includes in-depth research and a complete history of the land, how the conflict began, its ensuing developments, the political involvement by United States and the West, and also includes references to the October 07, 2023 war. It is required reading for anyone interested in having an unfiltered, unbiased understanding of the crisis in Palestine, and of the 2023 war.