Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.
Title: Checkpoint Kalandia
Author: Dixiane Hallaj
Narrator: Craig Good
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-31-15
Publisher: S & H Publishing, Inc.
Genres: Fiction, Literary
Publisher's Summary:
Life in a Palestinian refugee camp is filled with poverty, and hopeless frustration at the best of times - and 2001 is far from the best of times. Muhammad, already scarred by violence and tragedy, is plunged into depression when the frequent curfews make it impossible for him to find work. He can no longer face the thought of crossing the military checkpoint, but all available jobs are on the other side. His inability to provide for his family drives him to despair. He decides to spend the only coin remaining to him - his life.
Members Reviews:
The story behind the headlines in Palestine
This is a riveting and heartbreaking story of what life is like in Palestine behind the headlines. This account of the life of one extended family, while wrenching, lets us in on the struggle faced by millions of families. It fills in the story of life in occupied Palestine and the countless ways people are insulted, abused, frightened, and demoralized.
This family is made up of good people, eager to bring their children up in a peaceful world where there are opportunities for success and where hard work is rewarded. The constant poverty imposed by Israel and the frequent curfews not to mention the endless anxiety about the safety of children at school and adults at work undermines family life. Muhammad, a skilled wood worker, is forced to work as an unskilled carpenter where new buildings are being erected on Palestinian lands. His employment is jeopardized by curfews and delays at checkpoints on his way to work. Without work, his family will starve. Eventually he succumbs to depression and desperation when he loses his beloved wife. If you have wondered what would possibly make a sane person into a suicide bomber, you will get some insight from Mohammad's story.
Dixie Hallaj tells a riveting story with characters who will break your heart. It will change the way you read the news in the Middle East. You will not forget this book.
A book everyone should read.
This is a powerful and absorbing read, a book for our times, and one that everyone should read. It takes you into the heart and minds of a family living under Israeli occupation, and brings home the reality of the terrible constraints placed on their lives. This could be a totally miserable book, but the strength and support shown by family members gives it hope and honours the great spirit of a people who have suffered for so long because of a poorly considered decision by politicians with no understanding of or relationship to the region.
If you think the Palestinians are an angry people, this book challenges you to consider how you would feel if placed in the same situation. How would you handle it? Can we really blame them when their frustration boils over? These are ordinary people, like you and me, placed in an extremely difficult situation, and Ms Hallaj handles the subject matter with skill and sensitivity.
A must read for anyone interested in powerful and moving literature.
I was honored to be allowed to read this book free of charge before publication.
a very good read
Characters are well developed in this book. I felt the the emotions experienced by Muhammed, who is the central charter, as well as all the other family members. The experience of life in a Palestenisan refugee camp comes through very powerfully in the experiences of the characters - their trials and the incredible support of family members as well as friends.