How to Bring about Peace in a World of Conflict

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Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin live near one another—yet they exist worlds apart. Rami is Israeli. Bassam is Palestinian. Rami’s license plate is yellow. Bassam’s license plate is green. It takes Rami fifteen minutes to drive to the West Bank. The same journey for Bassam takes an hour and a half.

Both men have lost their daughters. Rami’s thirteen-year-old girl Smadar was killed by a suicide bomber while out shopping with her friends. Bassam’s ten-year-old daughter Abir was shot and killed by a member of the border police outside her school. There was a candy bracelet in her pocket she hadn’t had time to eat yet.

The men become the best of friends.

Novelist Colum McCann told their story in his epic and daring novel Apeirogon. One of 2020’s most celebrated books in any form or genre, Apeirogon has been described as "Absolutely staggering" (Elizabeth Strout), "Spectacular" (Bryan Appleyard, The Sunday Times), "A tour de force" (i) and "A work of incredible magnitude" (Assaf Gavron).

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