Fifty miles wide : cycling through Israel and Palestine
Sayarer, Julian2020
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Ten years after breaking a world record for cycling around the world, travel writer Julian Sayarer returns to two wheels on the roads of Israel and occupied Palestine. His route weaves from the ancient hills of Galilee, along the blockaded walls of the Gaza Strip and down to the Bedouin villages of the Naqab Desert. He speaks with Palestinian hip-hop artists who wonder if music can change their world, Israelis hoping that kibbutz life can, and Palestinian cycling clubs determined to keep on riding despite the army checkpoints and settlers that bar their way. Pedalling through a military occupation, in the chance encounters of the roadside, a bicycle becomes a vehicle of more than just travel, and cuts through the tension to find a few simple truths, and some hope.
Main title:
Fifty miles wide : cycling through Israel and Palestine / Julian Sayarer.
Author:
Sayarer, Julian, author
Imprint:
London : Arcadia Books Ltd, 2020.
Collation:
373 pages : maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781911350750 (pbk)
Dewey class:
915.6940455915.694
LC class:
DS107.5
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2675848
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