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\u201cIn a time of great brokenness, along comes this song of possible repair. Sari Bashi\u2019s memoir is a powerful and vital indication that the best things can occur, even in the face of all available evidence. Every once in a while we can change our perspective and begin to turn the world upside down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Colum McCann, National Book Award\u2013winning author of\u00a0Let the Great World Spin<\/em><\/p>\n

With a message of hope that is both timely and timeless,\u00a0Upside-Down Love<\/em>\u00a0is an extraordinary memoir\u2014irreverent, funny, and profoundly uplifting\u2014of an Israeli lawyer, a Palestinian professor, and a love that transcends all division.<\/p>\n

Osama is a Palestinian professor, originally from Gaza, who cannot leave the West Bank city of Ramallah. Sari is an Israeli-American lawyer and long-distance runner who petitions Israel\u2019s Supreme Court for his right to travel freely. When the case began, neither expected to fall in love\u2014and when it was over, nobody expected their love to endure.<\/p>\n

First published in Hebrew<\/a> in 2021, Osama and Sari\u2019s star-crossed romance\u2014an intimate, vulnerable portrait of an astoundingly resilient Israeli-Palestinian relationship\u2014has since become a beacon of hope in the aftermath of October 7, 2023. Now on its way to becoming an international cult sensation,\u00a0with translations in Dutch<\/a>,<\/strong> Italian<\/span> and <\/a>Spanish<\/a>, Upside-Down Love<\/em>\u00a0speaks to the unique circumstances of this specific moment in history, while also illustrating a timeless truth: Love will triumph over bigotry and destruction.<\/p>\n


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