![]() ![]() Kirkus Reviews recounted in its review that in the novel, "the women of Ibrahim's family are raped by rival Arab henchmen. 'The Jews are our bridge out of darkness.''' Īs depicted in the book, in 1947, in the runup to the Arab-Israel War of 1948, Arab nations spread false rumors of Jewish atrocities to cause mass flight. 'We are a people living in hate, despair and darkness,' Mudhil says. He, too, despairs of traditional Arab attitudes. Nuri Mudhil, a badly crippled archeologist. In his New York Times review, Anatole Broyard wrote that "The other 'good' Arab character, as Mr. ("He respected a fairness in Gideon that he was not able to practice himself.") But Ibrahim rejects "Gideon's offers of aid and friendship." ![]() He is friendly with Gideon Asch, the Haganah leader who watches over the nearby kibbutz. The title character is Ibrahim, who becomes the chieftain of a fictitious Palestinian village in that year. ![]() ![]() The Haj was a best-seller, reaching second place in the Publishers Weekly best-seller list for hardcover novels in May 1984. The title is used ironically to depict the title character's "journey to destruction." The book was described by some reviewers as "propaganda." " Haj" in the novel's title refers to the pilgrimage to Mecca, which every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so is obliged to make at least once in their lifetime. The Haj is a novel published in 1984 by American author Leon Uris that tells the story of the birth of Israel from the viewpoint of a Palestinian Arab. ![]()
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