Arts & Life > Books Sandy Tolan Books by Sandy Tolan The Lemon Tree An Arab, a Jew, And the Heart of the Middle East by Sandy Tolan Paperback, 362 pages Children of the Stone The Power of Music in a Hard Land by Sandy Tolan Hardcover, 453 pages Sandy Tolan has written books about: Nonfiction History & Society Biography & Memoir Arts & Entertainment Politics & Public Affairs NPR stories about Sandy Tolan Author Interviews In Palestine, A Child Of Violence Becomes A Music Educator July 12, 2015 • Children of the Stone tells the story of a rock-throwing Palestinian teen's journey to found a music school. NPR's Lynn Neary speaks with Ramzi Aburedwan and author Sandy Tolan. Listen Loading… 8:13 Playlist Download Embed Embed Close embed modal <iframe src="http://www.npr.org/player/embed/421752385/422275362" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"> U.S. Obama Administration's Foreign Policy In Focus February 13, 2009 • As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama routinely made promises that he would "restore our moral standing in the world." But, now that he occupies the White House, is his administration unveiling a new era in foreign policy? Listen Loading… Playlist Download Embed Embed Close embed modal <iframe src="http://www.npr.org/player/embed/100677030/100677017" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"> Hidden Kitchens: The Kitchen Sisters Olive Oil Season: A West Bank Kitchen Story November 22, 2007 • Every year, Palestinians from towns and villages across the West Bank bring their ladders and tarps to local olive groves. Olive oil season is the center of local history and culture — and at the heart of the economy. Listen Loading… Playlist Download Embed Embed Close embed modal <iframe src="http://www.npr.org/player/embed/16506897/16548463" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"> Books 'Lemon Tree' Finds Friendship Amid Mideast Conflict June 4, 2006 • An Israeli woman and a Palestinian man find lifelong friendship in a search for understanding. In The Lemon Tree, Sandy Tolan ties a story of two families and the house that connected them, to the history of the Mideast conflict. Listen Loading… Playlist Download Embed Embed Close embed modal <iframe src="http://www.npr.org/player/embed/5449840/5450150" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"> Middle East 'The Lemon Tree' Tells Mideast History Via Friendship May 15, 2006 • Sandy Tolan talks about his book The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew and the Heart of the Middle East. The account grew out of a 1998 NPR documentary in which Tolan reported on a friendship between a Palestinian man and an Israeli woman that served as an example of the region's fragile history. Listen Loading… Playlist Download Embed Embed Close embed modal <iframe src="http://www.npr.org/player/embed/5405369/5405370" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"> Share Facebook Twitter Google+ Email Comment More From Books Book Reviews Kafka Would Love 'The Beautiful Bureaucrat' Book Reviews A House That's Not A Home In 'Bright Lines' Author Interviews Walter Mosley Remembers The Watts Riots: You Could Feel The Rage Author Interviews Author Walter Mosley Grew Up In LA But His Writing Is Soaked In The South More
Author Interviews In Palestine, A Child Of Violence Becomes A Music Educator July 12, 2015 • Children of the Stone tells the story of a rock-throwing Palestinian teen's journey to found a music school. NPR's Lynn Neary speaks with Ramzi Aburedwan and author Sandy Tolan. Listen Loading… 8:13 Playlist Download Embed Embed Close embed modal <iframe src="http://www.npr.org/player/embed/421752385/422275362" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no">
U.S. Obama Administration's Foreign Policy In Focus February 13, 2009 • As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama routinely made promises that he would "restore our moral standing in the world." But, now that he occupies the White House, is his administration unveiling a new era in foreign policy? Listen Loading… Playlist Download Embed Embed Close embed modal <iframe src="http://www.npr.org/player/embed/100677030/100677017" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no">
Hidden Kitchens: The Kitchen Sisters Olive Oil Season: A West Bank Kitchen Story November 22, 2007 • Every year, Palestinians from towns and villages across the West Bank bring their ladders and tarps to local olive groves. Olive oil season is the center of local history and culture — and at the heart of the economy. Listen Loading… Playlist Download Embed Embed Close embed modal <iframe src="http://www.npr.org/player/embed/16506897/16548463" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no">
Books 'Lemon Tree' Finds Friendship Amid Mideast Conflict June 4, 2006 • An Israeli woman and a Palestinian man find lifelong friendship in a search for understanding. In The Lemon Tree, Sandy Tolan ties a story of two families and the house that connected them, to the history of the Mideast conflict. Listen Loading… Playlist Download Embed Embed Close embed modal <iframe src="http://www.npr.org/player/embed/5449840/5450150" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no">
Middle East 'The Lemon Tree' Tells Mideast History Via Friendship May 15, 2006 • Sandy Tolan talks about his book The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew and the Heart of the Middle East. The account grew out of a 1998 NPR documentary in which Tolan reported on a friendship between a Palestinian man and an Israeli woman that served as an example of the region's fragile history. Listen Loading… Playlist Download Embed Embed Close embed modal <iframe src="http://www.npr.org/player/embed/5405369/5405370" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no">
