Sayed Kashua’s Strained Relationship With Israel

Torn

Novelist Sayed Kashua has become Israel's most prominent Arab Muslim author. He talks to Eric Herschthal about living on the fault line.

Published May 15 2012 6:05PM EDT

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Even in America, the Arab-Israeli writer Sayed Kashua cannot escape his critics back home. In April, Kashua was on a book tour in Boston promoting the new translation of his best-selling Hebrew novel, Second

Eric Herschthal

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Sayed Kashua’s Strained Relationship With Israel

Novelist Sayed Kashua has become Israel's most prominent Arab Muslim author. He talks to Eric Herschthal about living on the fault line.

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Eric Herschthal