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+972 Writer Mya Guarnieri Jaradat’s book long-listed for the Wingate Prize

+972 Magazine congratulates writer Mya Guarnieri Jaradat on her book, The Unchosen: The Lives of Israel’s New Others, being long-listed for the Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize, alongside books by Amoz Oz, Joshua Cohen, Linda Grant, Nicole Krauss, and Nir Baram. The Unchosen is deeply reported look into the lives of asylum seekers and migrant workers in Israel. It was published…

By +972 Magazine November 30, 2017

Which is the ‘right’ side of the Green Line these days?

With a baby on the way, journalist Mya Guarnieri heads back to Israel for six weeks at a time when neither the sidewalk cafes of Tel Aviv nor her adopted hometown of Bethlehem feel safe. Everyone feels like a target: Jews and Palestinians alike, on both sides of the Green Line.

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat October 12, 2015

Israeli soldiers check cars at a checkpoint in the West Bank, May 27, 2015. (Activestills.org)

The Long Road to Bethlehem: Part Three

In parts one and two, Jewish journalist Mya Guarnieri struggles to find her place in two conflicted societies. In her struggle with forbidden love, desperation is fueled by the innumerable — societal and military — obstacles that seem to lurk beyond every bend. Thankfully, hope often appears when you need it most.

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat July 27, 2015

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Conservative talk-radio host Glenn Beck (photo: Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 2.0)

Likud and Glenn Beck: the two-headed monster

There’s much bewilderment about how the ruling party in Israel came to endorse someone like Glenn Beck. But the truth is that they are a perfect match – and while Beck is talking the (crazy) talk, it’s the Likud that’s actually walking the walk. Reflecting on Glenn Beck’s visit, Haaretz puzzles (rather naively): “It is…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat August 26, 2011