2002 Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Ansar - This is the Israeli prison camp for suspected PLO activists and Lebanese prisoners of war in southern Lebanon.

Al-Aqsa Mosque - This is part of the complex of Muslim buildings on Jerusalem's Temple Mount (known by Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif). The Noble Sanctuary is the traditional site of Muhammad's miraculous ascension to heaven in 621 C.E. It is the third holiest shrine in Islam and can accommodate some 5,000 worshipers.

Arab Work - This is the pejorative phrase widely used by Jews to mean shoddy, inaccurate work.

Bedouin - These are...
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