Daughter of Palestine by Yong Jen Ong Hardback Book 9781632214324

How many of us would willingly forsake a longheld belief for the sake of love What kind of risks are we capable of undertaking in pursuit of a meaningful connection At what point do our feelings about the nations systems and people we interact with need to be held in high importance In Daughter of Palestine author Victor Yong Jen Ong answers these questions and more in this novel full of history international politics cultural divide romance manipulation and deception At a seminar in Malaysia a Chinese man and a Palestinian woman meet who will affect each otheramprsquos lives in significant and unexpected ways Gabriel an important director with Interamerica and Yasmin a researcher with the West Pacific Institute each harbor distinct and opposing ideas about the world But when a relationship begins to form between them later involving their families and influenced by current affairs it may prove to have disastrous consequences for all involved Inspired by the authoramprsquos own observations about troubling global attitudes specifically regarding the United States this book explores farreaching themes on an intimate and personal scale ampnbspVictor Jen is Malaysian and...