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A Palestinian bus crash that killed six kindergarteners represents an oppressive system – but a father’s story offers hope

  • Written by: Ned Curthoys, Senior Lecturer in English and Literary Studies, The University of Western Australia

Nathan Thrall’s stunning book A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: a Palestine Story explores a dreadful accident, where six Palestinian kindergarteners and a teacher died in 2012 after their bus collided with a semitrailer, on the Jaba road, northeast of Jerusalem. At the book’s centre is bereaved father Abed Salama, who tragically loses...

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