004 — A Day in the Life of Abed Salama
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About this Episode
A five-year-old boy's near-tragic accident in a Jerusalem bus crash is at the heart of Nathan Thrall's gripping true story, A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy. In this episode, we interview Thrall about Abed Salama, a Palestinian father navigating bureaucratic obstacles and systemic inequalities in a desperate quest to learn his son's fate. Thrall's brilliant and poignant narrative exposes the daily humiliations of life under occupation, offering a raw look into the profound challenges faced by Palestinian families.
About Nathan Thrall
Nathan Thrall is a distinguished author and journalist known for his expertise on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He wrote The Only Language They Understand and A Day in the Life of Abed Salama. Thrall's work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, and The New York Review of Books. He is a contributing editor at The Cairo Review of Global Affairs. Originally from the United States, Thrall resides in Jerusalem.
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