Osama is een Palestijnse professor die vastzit in de stad Ramallah op de Westelijke Jordaanoever en alleen maar kan dromen van congressen in het buitenland of een bezoekje aan zijn moeder in Gaza. Sari is een Israëlisch-Amerikaanse mensenrechtenadvocaat, wier passie voor vrijheid haar ertoe brengt de Westelijke Jordaanoever te doorkruisen en het op te nemen tegen de Israëlische autoriteiten in rechtszaken namens Osama en anderen die worden onderworpen aan strenge reisbeperkingen. Hun verha...

Febbraio 2010. Sari è un'avvocata israelo-americana che si occupa di diritti umani. Osama è un professore universitario originario di Gaza, vive a Ramallah e non è libero di muoversi a causa delle leggi dell'occupazione israeliana. Sari e Osama si innamorano. Le circostanze esterne rendono un'impresa la loro frequentazione, gli spostamenti, la possibilità di condurre una vita insieme. Eppure ci provano, poi demordono, poi tentano ancora. Come la maqluba, piatto arabo che viene rovesciato a...

A USA TODAY BESTSELLERWith a message of hope that is both timely and timeless, Upside-Down Love is an extraordinary memoir—irreverent, funny, and profoundly uplifting—of an Israeli lawyer, a Palestinian professor, and a love that transcends all division.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 pet...

A USA TODAY BESTSELLERWith a message of hope that is both timely and timeless, Upside-Down Love is an extraordinary memoir—irreverent, funny, and profoundly uplifting—of an Israeli lawyer, a Palestinian professor, and a love that transcends all division.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 pet...

Dos voces y dos personas de verdad; un gazatí y una hebrea, que relatan las tremendas dificultades que el conflicto palestino-israelí causa a la gente corriente. Premio del Ministerio de Cultura de Israel al mejor debut literario 2021.Maqluba es una historia de amor contada a dos voces: la de Osama, un profesor gazatí que se ve atrapado en Ramallah, Cisjordania, de donde las autoridades israelíes no le dejan salir, y la de Sari, una abogada israelí-estadou...

This book presents a comprehensive theory of legal interpretation, by a leading judge and legal theorist. Currently, legal philosophers and jurists apply different theories of interpretation to constitutions, statutes, rules, wills, and contracts. Aharon Barak argues that an alternative approach--purposive interpretation--allows jurists and scholars to approach all legal texts in a similar manner while remaining sensitive to the important differences. Moreover, regardless of whether purpos...