When Sarah Glidden took a “Birthright Israel” tour, she thought she knew what she was getting herself into. But when she got to Israel, she found that things weren’t quite so simple. HOW TO UNDERSTAND ISRAEL is Sarah’s memoir not only of her Israeli governmentsponsored trip through Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, Masada and other famous locations, but of the emotional journey she never expected to take while she was there. Her experience clashes with her preconceived notions again and again, particularly when she tries to take a non-chaperoned trip into the West Bank. Sarah is forced to question first her political beliefs and, ultimately, her own sense of identity, until she finds that to understand Israel she first must come to understand herself.

How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less

Biographies & Memoirs

Glidden, Sarah

Historical

Vertigo

When Sarah Glidden took a “Birthright Israel” tour, she thought she knew what she was getting herself into. But when she got to Israel, she found that things weren’t quite so simple. HOW TO UNDERSTAND ISRAEL is Sarah’s memoir not only of her Israeli governmentsponsored trip through Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, Masada and other famous locations, but of the emotional journey she never expected to take while she was there. Her experience clashes with her preconceived notions again and again, particularly when she tries to take a non-chaperoned trip into the West Bank. Sarah is forced to question first her political beliefs and, ultimately, her own sense of identity, until she finds that to understand Israel she first must come to understand herself. From the Hardcover edition.

Comics & Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels

The award-winning graphic memoir about Israel that offers more questions than answers about identity and politics
Sarah Glidden is a progressive Jewish American twentysomething who is both vocal about and critical of Israeli politics in the Holy Land. When a debate with her mother prods her to sign up for a Birthright Israel tour, Glidden expects to find objective facts to support her strong opinions. During her two weeks in Israel, Glidden takes advantage of the opportunity to ask the people she meets about the fraught and complex issue of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but their answers only lead her to question her own take on the conflict. 
Simple linework and gorgeous watercolors spotlight Israel's countryside, urban landscapes, and religious landmarks. With straightforward sincerity, lovingly observed anecdotes, and a generous dose of self-deprecating humor, How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less is accessible while retaining Glidden's distinctive perspective. Over the course of this touching memoir, Glidden comes to terms with the idea that there are no easy answers to the world's problems, and that is okay.
This debut book landed on several best-of-the-year lists, including Entertainment Weekly's; earned a YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens distinction; and won an Ignatz Award. Her second book, Rolling Blackouts, which documents her experience shadowing journalists in Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria, will also come out this fall from Drawn &amp; Quarterly.

Drawn and Quarterly

"Sarah Glidden’s remarkable Rolling Blackouts adds a new twist to the [graphic journalism] form. Glidden accompanies a team of journalists through Syria and Iraq and her muted watercolours record not only the lives of people in war zones but the way the media interacts with them. Highly recommended."―The Guardian
Cartoonist Sarah Glidden accompanies her two friends―reporters and founders of a journalism non-profit―as they research potential stories on the effects of the Iraq War on the Middle East and, specifically, the war’s refugees. Joining the trio is a childhood friend and former Marine whose past service in Iraq adds an unexpected and sometimes unwelcome viewpoint, both to the people they come across and perhaps even themselves. 
As the crew works their way through Turkey, Iraq, and Syria, Glidden observes the reporters as they ask civilians, refugees, and officials, “Who are you?” Everyone has a story to tell: the Iranian blogger, the United Nations refugee administrator, a taxi driver, the Iraqi refugee deported from the US, the Iraqis seeking refuge in Syria, and even the American Marine. 
Glidden (How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less) records all that she encounters with a sympathetic and searching eye. Painted in her trademark soft, muted watercolors and written with a self-effacing humor, Rolling Blackouts cements Glidden’s place as one of today’s most original nonfiction voices.

Rolling Blackouts: Dispatches from Turkey, Syria, and Iraq

La dibujante estadounidense Sarah Glidden continua especializandose en el reportaje grafico, medio que utiliza para contar las diferentes realidades de los paises que visita, siempre con una mirada critica y un objetivo claro: que el mayor numero de personas conozcan lo que sucede en otros lugares del planeta. En Oscuridades programadas, la autora se embarca en un viaje para acompañar a dos amigos reporteros en busca de historias que revelen los efectos y el impacto que ha tenido la guerra de Irak en Oriente Medio, centrandose en las vivencias de los refugiados de la guerra. / The American cartoonist Sarah Glidden continues her specialty of graphic reporting. In Rolling Blackouts, the author embarks on a journey to accompany two journalists searching for the stories that show the impact and effect of the Iraq War has had in the Middle East, focusing on the lives of war refugees.

Oscuridades programadas: Crónicas desde Turquía, Siria e Iraq (Spanish Edition)

Salamandra

UNA JUDÍA AMERICANA PERDIDA EN ISRAEL (NÓMADAS) (Spanish Edition)

NORMA EDITORIAL, S.A.

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How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less

How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less

How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less

Rolling Blackouts: Dispatches from Turkey, Syria, and Iraq

Oscuridades programadas: Crónicas desde Turquía, Siria e Iraq (Spanish Edition)

UNA JUDÍA AMERICANA PERDIDA EN ISRAEL (NÓMADAS) (Spanish Edition)