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Making Their Own Peace
Twelve Women of Jerusalem
Ann N. Madsen
ISBN: 1590560477
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"Ann Madsen is one of the people who have helped transform Jerusalem into a universal city. She understands and loves Jerusalem for all its beauty and complexity and still holds fast to the idea that Jerusalem can and will be a city of peace."—Teddy Kollek, formerly Mayor of Jerusalem
"Ann Madsen's passion for Jerusalem give us a window through which we can see the city today. She has been exposed to the experiences of both Israelis and Palestinians in the Holy City. If you want to know more about the lives of Jewish, Christian and Muslim families in Jerusalem, this is the book to read."—Ghaleb Adnan Husseini, Ph.D.
"On my first visit to Jerusalem in 1993, it was Ann Madsen who stood on the Mount of Olives with me and later introduced me to the city and its people. It was my forst visit ot Jerusalem, but not my last."—Steven Young, former quarterback, San Francisco 49ers
"Out whole family, young and old, was edified and inspired as we experienced Jerusalem through Ann Madsen's eyes and heart."—Stephen R. Covey, author of Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Every year since 1968, when she made her first pilgrimage to the city, Ann Madsen has returned to Jerusalem. In the course of her many visits, and of the five years she spent there as a resident, Madsen became intimately familiar with the city she had loved at first sight. Yet as she came to know the women of Jerusalem—Muslims, Jews and Christians—she wondered at their courage and persistence. "Why do they stay here through war after war?" she asked herself. How were these women able to maintain their vision, their hope, in the midst of perpetual conflict and danger?
The result of her questioning is this primer for peace, illustrated by the lives of twelve women who have made their homes and lives in this troubled and beloved city. The twelve women profiled in this book represent thousands of women who live and work every day in Jerusalem, where, without waiting for political negotiations to succeed, they have found their own ways to make peace.
 Ann N. Madsen received her M.A. in Ancient Studies from Brigham Young University with a Hebrew minor. She is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Ancient Scripture, Brigham Young University, Utah, where she has taught since 1976. After visiting Jerusalem yearly for thirty years with her husband, Truman, she lived and taught at the Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies from 1987 to 1993.
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