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Eleanor speaks with Arab-Israeli novelist and essayist Sayed Kashua about his new book, Native: Dispatches from an Israeli-Palestinian Life. It's a humorous, and at times painful collection of anecdotes about life as an Israeli-Palestinian.

This week on Writers & Company, a conversation with Lebanese writer Ilyās Khūrī (Elias Khoury). His latest novel, Gate of the Sun, is an evocative picture of the Palestinians' loss of their homeland. Includes a clip of Canadian actor Elias Zarou reading from the epigraph of Gate of the Sun, in translation.

WRITING A NATION - ISRAEL AT 50 - Episode 3 of a 5-part series on the Authors of Israel, as that country celebrates its 50th anniversary. Part I: Eleanor Wachtel interviews Hanna Bat Shahar. Hailing from an ultra Orthodox background, Bat Shahar writes from inside the world of the religious Jewish community. Part II: Eleanor interviews Samīḥ al-Qāsim, the country's leading Palestinian poet.

Illustration of man carrying a waterskin

Illustration of man carrying a waterskin

Illustration of figure and tree on envelope.