City of Oranges: An Intimate History of Arabs and Jews in Jaffa

The millennia-old port of Jaffa, now part of Tel Aviv, was once known as the Bride of Palestine, one of the truly cosmopolitan cities of the Mediterranean. There Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived, worked, and celebrated together--and it was commonplace for the Arabs of Jaffa to attend a wedding at the house of the Jewish Chelouche family or for Jews and Arabs to both gather at the Jewish spice shop Tiv and the Arab Khamis Abulafia's twenty-four-hour bakery. Through intimate personal interviews and generations-old memoirs, letters, and diaries, Adam LeBor gives us a crucial look at the human lives behind the headlines--and a vivid narrative of cataclysmic change.


Author: Adam LeBor
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 05/01/2007
Pages: 482
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780393329841

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/12/2007 pg. 46
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2007 pg. 264
Booklist 04/15/2007 pg. 20
New York Times 05/27/2007 pg. 9

About the Author
LeBor, Adam: - Adam LeBor was born in London. As a journalist he has covered the Yugoslav wars for the Independent and The Times, where he is now the Central Europe correspondent. He lives in Budapest.