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From Beirut to Jerusalem is a book written by Thomas L.1Friedman chronicling his days as a reporter in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War and his journey in 1984 from Beirut to Jerusalem to cover unfolding events.2The current updated version, published in 1995, includes a new chapter. It has received the National Book Award for nonfiction. From Beirut to Jerusalem is also a book by Swee Chai Ang , an orthopaedic surgeon who worked with civilians during the Lebanese Civil War . The book also details her eye-witness account of the Sabra and Shatila massacre . Ang, a graduate of the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Britain, testifed before the Kahan Commission . The commission was responsible for investigating the nature of the Israeli involvement in the massacre of perhaps 800 to 1000 Palestinians. Ang established a British charity following her first hand account of the massacres known as the Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) which she discusses in her work.3
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From Beirut to Jerusalem is a book written by Thomas L. Friedman chronicling his days as a reporter in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War and his journey in 1984 from Beirut to Jerusalem to cover unfolding events. The current updated version, published in 1995 , includes a new chapter. It has received the National Book Award for nonfiction. From Beirut to Jerusalem is also a book by Swee Chai Ang , an orthopaedic surgeon who worked with civilians during the Lebanese Civil War . The book also details her eye-witnness account of the Sabra and Shatila massacre , and her feelings as she testifed before the Kahan commission . v t e
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From Beirut to Jerusalem (1989) is a book by American journalist Thomas L.Friedman chronicling his days as a reporter in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War and in Jerusalem through the first year of the Intifada .It received the 1989 National Book Award for Nonfiction and also the Cornelius Ryan Award .Friedman wrote a 17-page epilogue for the first paperback edition (Anchor Books, 1990) concerning the potential for peaceful resolution in Israel and Palestine.
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From Beirut to Jerusalem (1989) is a book by American journalist Thomas L. Friedman chronicling his days as a reporter in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War and in Jerusalem through the first year of the Intifada . Friedman wrote a 17-page epilogue for the first paperback edition (Anchor Books, 1990) concerning the potential for peaceful resolution in Israel and Palestine.
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1989 book by Thomas Friedman For the book by Swee Chai Ang, see From Beirut to Jerusalem: A Woman Surgeon with the Palestinians . From Beirut to Jerusalem (1989) is a book by American journalist Thomas L. Friedman chronicling his days as a reporter in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War and in Jerusalem through the first year of the Intifada . Friedman wrote a 17-page epilogue for the first paperback edition (Anchor Books, 1990) concerning the potential for peaceful resolution in Israel and Palestine.
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book written by thomas l
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book by american journalist thomas l
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