Sonja Mejcher-Atassi Books

Set in Jerusalem during the final days of World War II, the narrative explores an extraordinary friendship that transcends religious boundaries amid a tumultuous historical backdrop. Sonja Mejcher-Atassi delves into the lives of this diverse circle of friends, providing a poignant cultural and social history of postwar Palestine, highlighting themes of unity and hope in a time of conflict.

In Jerusalem, as World War II was coming to an end, an extraordinary circle of friends came together across religious lines in a fleeting moment of possibility within a troubled history. Sonja Mejcher-Atassi tells the story of this unlikely friendship and in so doing offers an intimate cultural and social history of Palestine in the postwar period.