Crossing Boundaries, A Traveler's Guide to World Peace
By Nate Feldman In 2020, Aziz Abu Sarah wrote a book called Crossing Boundaries, A Traveler's Guide to World Peace . This book is not your typical travel book in that it is not focused on travel hot spots or great dining locations. Instead it focuses on ways that travelers can visit places more responsibly and in a way that builds good relationships between people of different backgrounds. A Palestinian from East Jerusalem, he begins the book by mentioning how taking a Hebrew class in Israeli West Jerusalem helped change his perspective of the other side in the ongoing Middle East conflict. He recalls the story of how his older brother died after being imprisoned by Israeli soldiers, but how he learned not to hate through encounters with people on the other side. Since then, he has formed an organization that tours people of Israel and the Palestinian Authority, giving visitors an opportunity to hear from people from both sides about their experiences...