Bernard Sabella currently serves as the executive secretary of the Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees of the Middle East Council of Churches as well as an elected member of the Palestinian legislature. He has retired from a career as a professor of sociology at Bethlehem University in Palestine. Relishing his roles as father and grandfather, Dr. Sabella lives in Jerusalem with his wife Mary.
"A terrific memoir. . . . With an authentic voice, with a humane
touch, Bernard Sabella invites us to listen intently to his story
and that of his multigenerational family as they live their
Christian faith and Palestinian culture in Jerusalem and beyond. A
servant-leader and a professor, his mission is to inspire positive
change, replacing dispossession with perseverance, injustice with
justice, occupation with liberation, and darkness with light.
That's what truly makes life worth living."
--Saliba Sarsar, Professor of Political Science, Monmouth
University
"More than a memoir, Bernard Sabella presents a sociocultural,
religious, and historical description of Palestinian life in the
Holy Land from the 1940s to the present. Writing as a Catholic
Palestinian intellectual, he pleads for religious understanding and
the necessity of education while emphasizing the Holy Land is not
simply a place of roots, but a home where everyone can live as
citizens. It is a necessary read for anyone seeking understanding
of this region."
-- Kail C. Ellis, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
Villanova University
"Bernard Sabella, a distinguished professor of sociology at
Bethlehem University, has written a compelling memoir. He
eloquently recounts his experiences amidst environments as varied
as conflict-torn Jerusalem, a small Appalachian town, and the
rarefied academic heights of Princeton. The reader is struck by his
ability to extract profound insights from small and often
contradictory events, by his love for the rich historical,
religious, and cultural traditions of the Palestinian people, and
by his belief in the power of education to shape understanding and,
perhaps eventually, reconciliation between conflicting
peoples."
--Louis Sell, Foreign Service Officer, retired Adjunct Professor,
University of Maine, Farmington
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