The Words of Aouni Sbeit from David Grossman’s “Sleeping on a Wire”

Israeli author David Grossman speaks at a memorial ceremony commemorating the long Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Tel Aviv on April 17, 2018, as Israel marks the annual Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90

In this episode we read from David Grossman’s “Sleeping on a Wire: Conversations with Palestinians in Israel”, translated by Haim Watzman. The narrative that Grossman records are the words of Aouni Sbeit.

Text: David Grossman, Sleeping on a Wire. Conversations with Palestinians in Israel. Translated by Haim Watzman. Ferrar, Strauss and Giroux. 1993

Music: My White and Brown Land by The Bridge Project

Photo: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90

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