Books by Wasif Jawhariyyeh
“It’s the story of a lute player, Wasif. He is a character who bestride the first fifty years of 20th century Jerusalem. He’s a Palestinian, who partied with the Ottoman elite during World War I and then, later, in his diary, witnesses the increasing hostility and tensions that beset the city, right up to the outbreak of World War II, through that conflict and up to the War of Independence, when Israel become independent—the Nakba of the Palestinian people.” Read more...
Simon Sebag Montefiore, Historian
Interviews where books by Wasif Jawhariyyeh were recommended
The best books on Jerusalem, recommended by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Jerusalem is one of the most beautiful cities in the world and a place of longing for three faiths—and yet we know it mostly as a place of strife and conflict. British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Jerusalem: the Biography, recommends books that capture the historical ups and downs of this ever-changing city, but also its vitality, including its irresistible cuisine.
