Nathan Thrall

author, A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy

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“A Day in the Life of Abed Salama” tells the real-life story of Palestinian man trying to find his 5-year-old son after a fiery bus crash outside Jerusalem.

Non-fiction book about child’s death tells larger story of Israel and Palestine

“A Day in the Life of Abed Salama” tells the real-life story of Palestinian man trying to find his 5-year-old son after a fiery bus crash outside Jerusalem.

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