Audiobook12 hours
In Search of the River Jordan: A Story of Palestine, Israel and the Struggle for Water
Written by James Fergusson
Narrated by Peter Noble
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this audiobook
A writer's travels along the legendary yet contested Jordan River-exploring the long conflict over water supply
Access to water has played a pivotal role in the Israel-Palestine dispute. Israel has diverted the River Jordan via pipes and canals to build a successful modern state. But this has been at the expense of the region's cohabitants. Gaza is now so water-stressed that the United Nations has warned it could soon become uninhabitable; its traditional water source has been ruined by years of over-extraction and mismanagement, the effects exacerbated by years of crippling blockade.
Award-winning author and journalist James Fergusson travels to every corner of Israel and Palestine telling the story of the River Jordan and the fierce competition for water. Along the way, he meets farmers, officials, soldiers, refugees, settlers, rioting youth, religious zealots, water experts, and engineers on both sides of the Green Line. Fergusson gives voice to the fears and aspirations of the region's inhabitants and highlights the centrality of water in negotiating future peace.
Access to water has played a pivotal role in the Israel-Palestine dispute. Israel has diverted the River Jordan via pipes and canals to build a successful modern state. But this has been at the expense of the region's cohabitants. Gaza is now so water-stressed that the United Nations has warned it could soon become uninhabitable; its traditional water source has been ruined by years of over-extraction and mismanagement, the effects exacerbated by years of crippling blockade.
Award-winning author and journalist James Fergusson travels to every corner of Israel and Palestine telling the story of the River Jordan and the fierce competition for water. Along the way, he meets farmers, officials, soldiers, refugees, settlers, rioting youth, religious zealots, water experts, and engineers on both sides of the Green Line. Fergusson gives voice to the fears and aspirations of the region's inhabitants and highlights the centrality of water in negotiating future peace.
Related to In Search of the River Jordan
Related audiobooks
Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Victory Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dead Wander in the Desert Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Dolphin House Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Among Tigers: Fighting to Bring Back Asia's Big Cats Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhy Do You Dance When You Walk? Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Making of Zombie Wars: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Traveling with Sugar: Chronicles of a Global Epidemic Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Sun and Other Stars Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Fugitive Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5White Light Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Blue Flower Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsI'm Writing You from Tehran: A Granddaughter's Search for Her Family's Past and Their Country's Future Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5American Saint: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNo Win Race: A Story of Belonging, Britishness and Sport Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThey Said They Wanted Revolution: A Memoir of My Parents Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5No Knives in the Kitchens of This City: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Has Populism Won?: The War on Liberal Democracy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOur Palestine Question: Israel and American Jewish Dissent, 1948-1978 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTime Regained Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Above Us the Milky Way: An Illuminated Alphabet Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLadies of the Rachmaninoff Eyes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Theory of Love: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe City of Shadows Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Black Tulip (Unabridged) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Benevolence: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Overlooking the Border: Narratives of Divided Jerusalem Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAlison Larkin Presents: A Christmas Carol Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Ardent Swarm: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Middle Eastern History For You
Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Oldest Code of Laws in the World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Islam: A Short History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Egyptian Mythology: An Enthralling Overview of Egyptian Myths, Gods, and Goddesses Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ur: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Sumerian Capital Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Anunnaki of Nibiru Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Mossad: The History and Legacy of Israel’s National Intelligence Agency Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In Distant Lands: A Short History of the Crusades Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Generation Kill Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Very Short Introduction Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Palestinian Delusion: The Catastrophic History of the Middle East Peace Process Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5On Palestine Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5From Beirut to Jerusalem Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Terrorist Factory: ISIS, the Yazidi Genocide, and Exporting Terror Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5History of Israel – Palestine Conflict Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Case for Israel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for In Search of the River Jordan
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews