Table of Contents

	Introduction	p. x
		p. 1
	Different Ways to Pray	p. 3
	My Father and the Figtree	p. 6
	What Kind of Fool Am I?	p. 8
	Going to the Spring	p. 9
	Biography of an Armenian Schoolgirl	p. 11
	The Words Under the Words	p. 14
	Spark	p. 16
	The Man Who Makes Brooms	p. 18
	The Garden of Abu Mahmoud	p. 20
	Her Way	p. 22
	The Clean Rinse	p. 24
	For Mohammed on the Mountain	p. 25
	Passing the Refugee Camp	p. 30
	Lunch in Nablus City Park	p. 35
	Arabic Coffee	p. 38
	Red Brocade	p. 40
	Steps	p. 42
	Prayer in My Boot	p. 44
	Things Don't Stop	p. 46
	Even at War	p. 50
	The Grieving Ring	p. 51
	For the 500th Dead Palestinian, Ibtisam Bozieh	p. 53
	Those Whom We Do Not Know	p. 55
	Visit	p. 58
	The Palestinians Have Given Up Parties	p. 59
	The Small Vases from Hebron	p. 63
	Darling	p. 65
	Fundamentalism	p. 68
	My Grandmother in the Stars	p. 69
	Rock	p. 70
	Praying for Wind	p. 73
	Olive Jar	p. 80
	They Dropped It	p. 83
		p. 85
	19 Varieties of Gazelle	p. 87
	Arabic	p. 90
	Jerusalem	p. 92
	Holy Land	p. 94
	Half-and-Half	p. 96
	Stain	p. 98
	My Uncle's Favorite Coffee Shop	p. 99
	A Definite Shore	p. 102
	Two Countries	p. 104
	The Tray	p. 105
	The Many Hats of William Yale	p. 106
	What News Are You Listening To?	p. 108
	Staying Close	p. 109
	Ducks	p. 110
	The Address Book of a Lonely Man	p. 112
	Footfall	p. 114
	Trenches and Moats and Mounds of Dirt	p. 117
	What He Said to His Enemies	p. 119
	Peace	p. 120
	How Long Peace Takes	p. 122
	A Single Slice Reveals Them	p. 124
	Stone House	p. 125
	Jerusalem Headlines 2000	p. 128
	Mr. Dajani, Calling from Jericho	p. 130
	All Things Not Considered	p. 133
	Blood	p. 136
	Postscript	p. 139

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