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Rima Farah is a doctoral student at the Schusterman Center, pursuing a degree in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis. Her dissertation focuses on the history of the development of Christian society in Israel, particularly on the conflicting narratives among Christians on their ethnicity and cultural history in an Arab Muslim society and a Jewish state.
Rima Farah recommends: interviews with Amos Oz, who passed away on December 28, 2018. Oz is one of Israel's most celebrated novelists, intellectuals and peace activists and has received numerous awards. He is the author of many books and articles, which have been translated into more than 40 languages, such as My Michael, Black Box, To Know a Woman and many others. In the following interview (in Hebrew), which was conducted 3 months before his death, Oz shares his genuine opinions of the necessity for peace in order to achieve political and cultural change in Israel; advocacy for a two-state solution; feminism; and of death. Also watch his lecture on Israel: War, Peace and Storytelling, in English.