{"product_id":"love-and-desire-in-the-promised-land-the-private-lives-of-israelis-and-palestinians-hc","title":"Love and Desire in the Promised Land: The Private Lives of Israelis and Palestinians HC","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"ItemDetails_Creator\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ItemDetails_Creator\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ItemDetails_Creator\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ItemDetails_Creator\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ItemDetails_Creator\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ItemDetails_Creator\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ItemDetails_Creator\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ItemDetails_Creator\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ItemDetails_Creator\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ItemDetails_Creator\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ItemDetails_Creator\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ItemDetails_Creator\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ItemDetails_Creator\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ItemDetails_Creator\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ItemDetails_Creator\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ItemDetails_Creator\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ItemDetails_Creator\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ItemDetails_Creator\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"pcreators\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSalomé Parent-Rachdi, Deloupy, Translator: Jenna Allen \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Israeli-Palestinian conflict viewed through the lens of romantic relationships. A humanizing journalistic portrait of the intimate lives of ordinary people in Israel and Gaza.\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLove and Desire in the Promised Land collects a dozen interviews with real-life citizens of Israel and Gaza navigating messy boundaries in their homes and bedrooms against a background of geopolitical violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCollecting interviews conducted before the October 7 attack unleashed a new wave of bloody conflict, the book introduces fascinating individuals and couples who speak frankly about the transgressions that define their experiences with intimacy. The portrayals represent a diverse population, including an interfaith celebrity power couple, an Orthodox gynecologist, a young gay Muslim, a Palestinian American feminist, a Ukrainian Israeli artist, and a Palestinian lesbian in a relationship with an Israeli soldier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough these candid conversations, recorded by Parent-Rachdi and illustrated with a warm touch by Deloupy, the authors humanize the people living in Israel and Gaza. As conflict wages around them, these ordinary citizens struggle with their all-too-human urges and desires that drive them to cross borders and boundaries in the name of love and sex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"013","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48798298996992,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8613\/2805\/files\/LoveandDesire_Parent-RachdiandDeloupy_3D_540x_16b9367a-bd2e-4c08-8933-fa0275c8668e.webp?v=1780603210","url":"https:\/\/stmarkscomics.com\/products\/love-and-desire-in-the-promised-land-the-private-lives-of-israelis-and-palestinians-hc","provider":"St. Mark's Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}