KEEP HOPE ALIVE
by Eileen Fleming
Print on Demand Publisher An Historical Fact Filled Fiction
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6 x 9 Hardback w/ Jacket
ISBN: 9781432704711
$28.95    
 
 
 
Book Information
Genre:
 RELIGION / History
Publication:
 Aug 24, 2007
Pages:
 216
Eileen Fleming’s first of five journeys into Israel Palestine resulted in "KEEP HOPE ALIVE". This tale is a fictionalized retelling of the well remembered memoirs of a 1948 refugee from the Upper Galilee who made his way to the USA and realized the American dream. After a lucrative career in the Defense Industry during the Cold War and THAT DAY we call 9/11, Khaled Diab brought together American Jews, Christians and Muslims to respond to evil with good by founding the 501 3-c Olive Trees Foundation for Peace.

"Keep Hope Alive" tells his story and is an historical chronology with connections to antiquity, and hope for the future.

"Keep Hope Alive" is also Eileen’s spiritual journey told with humor and insight through six fictional characters who represent six ways to intuit God.


Book Reviewer from www.midwestbookreview.com “At first I thought this had something to do with the famous line of Jessie Jackson. I’m delighted to say it is much, much more. The author shows that there are many people from all over the world who are moving in the right direction to establish peace in the Middle East. The organization Olive Trees Foundation for Peace/OTFFP is Arabs, Jews, and Christians who have formed a non profit non political group who have one goal; to have Israelis and Palestinians live side by side in peace.

"These are people from all walks of life who are committed to changing the area into a peaceful region. Social movements like this grow until finally government jumps on-board. This is so counter to the policies of the Bush administration. As dialogue continues to grow on this subject government will be forced to rethink its approach to the region. This is a book that should be read by anyone does not believe there can be peace in the Middle East. It should also be included in schools and on the college level to help focus on how the area can move toward peace.” – Gary Roen
 
THE MORNING AFTER APRIL 4, 1968


Mary woke at dawn and re-entered the living room for the first time since she had said goodnight the night before. She was not surprised to see Khaled sprawled out in his recliner or Riad at peace on the sofa. But she was dismayed to see Art curled in fetal position on the black and white checkered tile at the front door.

She gently stepped over him into the red and white kitchen as the morning sun broke through the garden window. The sun illuminated the cherry-blonde slab stump of an ancient olive tree that had been hewn into a kitchen table and received as a wedding gift from family and friends, who lived in Khaled’s hometown, the village of Majd Al Krum, in Upper Galilee. Even on the most frigid morning, Mary felt warmed by the high-gloss patina of the tabletop, but held more dear the signatures and marks from the entire town etched underneath.

Mary silently performed the morning ritual of brewing the first of many pots of Turkish coffee for the day, gratefully inhaled the piquant aroma, and then quickly exited up the back staircase to the bedrooms to wake her daughter for school. When Mary returned to her kitchen after escorting Ahmeena to her third grade classroom, she was not surprised to find Khaled and Riad at the table, downing a second pot of the Turkish brew.

“Please, Mary, don’t say a word. I drank too much, and now I am paying the price.”

“Khaled, the pain in your face brings me to tears; you are clearly suffering. I will not add to your misery. But you, Riad — you look buoyant. What’s your secret?”

Riad chuckled. “Tolerance.”

About Eileen Fleming

 Eileen Fleming, is the Editor of http://www.wearewideawake.org/
And author of "Keep Hope Alive" and "Memoirs of a Nice Irish American Girl's' Life in Occupied Territory"
She is the Producer of "30 Minutes With Vanunu"
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