Aburish, Saïd K. 1989. Children of Bethany: The Story of a Palestinian Family. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
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In the 1920s and 1930s, life in the peaceful village of Bethany, outside #Jerusalem, was dominated by its flamboyant headman, Khalil Aburish, guardian of the tomb of Lazarus. Said Aburish, grandson of the headman, relates the vivid history of his family which, like so many others, has been torn apart by events in Palestine in the course of the century.
In 1948, with #Palestine in flames, the Aburish family scattered. Some remained in #bethany. Others began a new life across the world, establishing themselves as journalists, advertising executives, professors, bankers-even revolutionaries.
The Aburishes who stayed in Bethany watched as their peaceful way of life was destroyed by events in the outside world-culminating in the Israeli occupation of the West Bank which threatens their very existence.
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