Before We Say Goodbye

"Before We Say Goodbye" by Gabriella Ambrosio is a novel based on the true story of the suicide bombing, which was committed by Ayat al-Akhras, a seventeen-year-old Palestinian girl from the Dheisheh refugee camp, at a supermarket in Kiryat HaYovel,^[1] Jerusalem, in 2002.

The book narrates the final hours in the lives of the bomber and her victims – a seventeen year-old girl from Jerusalem and the security guard whose intervention saved the lives of the rest of the people at the busy market on that Passover Eve.

The story begins at seven o'clock in the morning on the day of the attack and ends with the explosion. Despite the very short time span – seven hours – seen from the points of view of the different characters, the book tries to portray the complex reality between Israel and Palestine.

The book was published in Italy in 2004 by Nutrimenti ^[2] and was awarded at the Festival du Premier Romance in Chambéry, France. In 2008 the book's publication in both in Arabic and Hebrew ^[3] was sponsored by Amnesty International and employed by Israeli colleges and human rights organizations working in Israel and the Palestinian Territories as an educational tool ^[4] ^[5] ^[6].

It has then been published also in the UK, Australia, and in New Zealand,^[7] in France as "Deuze Heures Avant",^[8] in Germany as "Der Himmel uber Jerusalem" ^[9] as well as in Spain,^[10] Turkey,^[11] Greece,^[12] Korea,^[13] China.^[14] It is actually studied in universities in UK and Canada as an example of human rights literature.

Note

^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiryat_HaYovel_supermarket_bombing
^ Prima di Lasciarsi 2004 ISBN 88-88389-26-1
^ לפני הפרידה, Pardes, 2008 ISBN 978-965-7171-79-0
^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_literature
^ Ronny Shaked (November 5, 2008). "Separate lives, one death". Ynetnews. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
^ Shira Stiv (14 January 2009). להמציא מלים לפחד, גבריאלה אמברוסיו, לפני הפרידה. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 20 August 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ Before We Say Goodbye, 2010 ISBN 978-1-4063-2504-1
^ Douze heures avant, Gallimard (France), 2011 ISBN 978-2-07-063842-0
^ Der Himmel uber Jerusalem, Fischer (Germany), 2012 ISBN 978-3-596-85471-4
^ Antes de despedirnos, Planeta, Spain, 2011 ISBN 978-84-279-0138-4
^ Ayrılmadan Önce, Kemzi Kitabevi, Turkey, 2011 ISBN 978-975-14-1431-1
^ Prima di Lasciarsi, Psichogios, Greece, 2012 ISBN 978-960-496-634-9
^ 안녕이라고 말하기 전에, Joongang Books, Korea, 2012 ISBN 9788927803515
^ 哭泣的耶路撒冷 Jieli Publishing House, China. BSY310

[1] ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiryat_HaYovel_supermarket_bombing

[2] Prima di Lasciarsi 2004 ISBN 88-88389-26-1

[3] לפני הפרידה, Pardes, 2008 ISBN 978-965-7171-79-0

[4] ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_literature

[ynet-5] Ronny Shaked (November 5, 2008). "Separate lives, one death". Ynetnews. Retrieved 20 August 2014.

[6] Shira Stiv (14 January 2009). להמציא מלים לפחד, גבריאלה אמברוסיו, לפני הפרידה. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 20 August 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

[7] Before We Say Goodbye, 2010 ISBN 978-1-4063-2504-1

[8] Douze heures avant, Gallimard (France), 2011 ISBN 978-2-07-063842-0

[9] Der Himmel uber Jerusalem, Fischer (Germany), 2012 ISBN 978-3-596-85471-4

[10] Antes de despedirnos, Planeta, Spain, 2011 ISBN 978-84-279-0138-4

[11] Ayrılmadan Önce, Kemzi Kitabevi, Turkey, 2011 ISBN 978-975-14-1431-1

[12] Prima di Lasciarsi, Psichogios, Greece, 2012 ISBN 978-960-496-634-9

[13] 안녕이라고 말하기 전에, Joongang Books, Korea, 2012 ISBN 9788927803515

[14] 哭泣的耶路撒冷 Jieli Publishing House, China. BSY310

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