Pulitzer Prize General Non Fiction Winner
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama
by Nathan Thrall
Summary
A heart-wrenching account of a bus accident in the West Bank that killed several Palestinian children, exposing the labyrinthine reality of life under occupation.
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Historical Context & Significance
Thrall uses a single tragedy to illustrate the "micro-geography" of the occupation, where even an ambulance's route is dictated by checkpoints and IDs.