First American edition published in 2010 by
OLIVE BRANCH PRESS
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Copyright © Emma Williams, 2006, 2010
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Originally published in Great Britain by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Williams, Emma.
It’s easier to reach heaven than the end of the street : a Jerusalem memoir / by Emma Williams. —1st American ed. p. cm.
First published in Great Britain in 2006 by Bloomsbury Publishing, London.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-56656-789-3
1. Arab-Israeli conflict--1993- 2. Arab-Israeli conflict--1993---Social aspects. 3. Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000- 4. Williams, Emma. 5. Americans--Jerusalem-- Biography. 6. Women physicians--Jerusalem--Biography. 7. Jerusalem--Biography. 8. Jerusalem--Social conditions--21st century. 9. Ram Allah--Social conditions-- 21st century. 10. Tel Aviv (Israel)--Social conditions--21st century. I. Title.
DS119.76.W55 2009
956.05’3092--dc22
[B] 2009034228
The maps on pages x, xi and 337 are based on maps produced by OCHA, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The maps were redrawn by HLStudios.
Cover imag: Arab brother and sister in the city of old Jerusalem © Mikhail Leavit
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