Word: beirutization
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...From Beirut to Jerusalem...
...From Beirut to Jerusalem is Thomas Friedman's introduction of the Middle East to Americans, and his engaging narrative format accomplishes exactly what he sets...
Friedman, who spent five years covering Beirut and four years covering Jerusalem for The New York Times, details his experiences in the Middle East. These are the experiences of an American fascinated with the region but shocked when the reality he finds there is strikingly different from that which the media portrays...
...tales of life in Beirut are less subtle and more hard-hitting than the section on Jerusalem, which meanders between various explanations of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the conflicts within Judaism in Israel and the unique relationship between American Jews and Israelis...
WHILE split into two distinct sections on Beirut and Jerusalem, From Beirut to Jerusalem consistently develops Freidman's underlying theme that both Lebanon and Israel, two very different societies on the surface, are actually beset by similar problems...