A Woman of Nazareth Book

Hala Deeb Jabbour considers her novel, A Woman of Nazareth a mission that stems from her belief that a lasting peace in the Middle East will only come when both sides understand the concerns of the other.

A Woman of Nazareth seeks to air out the Palestinian side of the saga and validate the Palestinian people's emotions. Amal, the heroine, is a woman steeped in Middle Eastern tradition seeking to escape to forge a better life for herself and her children. Amal figuratively portrays the Palestinian people-encouraging them to break with the tradition of hate and to overcome the fear of moving forward toward peace in order to create a better life for themselves and their children. It is a moving and captivating novel, a page-turner, which leaves the reader with a better understanding of the tangled web of the Middle East.

Born in Jerusalem, 1943, married, proud mother of four, and grandmother to one. Hala Deeb Jabbour resides in Virginia. She is a free-lance writer whose heartfelt novel allowed her to participate in The Dialogue Project Between Jewish American and Palestinian Women and to promote and speak on the urgency of peace in the Middle East.