Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956–1978

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book memoir

Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956–1978 is a memoir by historian Kai Bird recounting his youth in the Middle East amid the Arab-Israeli conflict, blending personal narrative with political and historical reflection.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
about American expatriates in the Middle East ⓘ
Arab societies in the mid-20th century ⓘ
Israeli society in the mid-20th century ⓘ
aboutEvent Six-Day War ⓘ
surface form: 1967 Arab–Israeli War

Six-Day War ⓘ
Suez Crisis ⓘ
Yom Kippur War ⓘ
author Kai Bird ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
focusesOn Arab–Israeli relations ⓘ
Cold War context in the Middle East ⓘ
intersection of personal life and regional politics ⓘ
personal experiences of Kai Bird in the Middle East ⓘ
genre autobiography ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
hasAuthorOccupation historian ⓘ
hasForm hardcover edition ⓘ
paperback edition ⓘ
printed book ⓘ
hasTitleElement Mandelbaum Gate ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm non-fiction ⓘ
literaryStyle blend of memoir and political analysis ⓘ
mainSubject Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
coming of age ⓘ
political history ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narrative ⓘ
periodCoveredEnd 1978 ⓘ
periodCoveredStart 1956 ⓘ
refersTo Mandelbaum Gate crossing point in divided Jerusalem ⓘ
settingLocation Egypt ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
subtitle Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956–1978 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956–1978
timeSpanCovered 1956–1978 ⓘ
title Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956–1978 self-link ⓘ

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Kai Bird → notableWork → Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956–1978 ⓘ
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956–1978 → subtitle → Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956–1978 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956–1978
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956–1978 → title → Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956–1978 self-link ⓘ