The Real Jerusalem

摘要

In the end, there is jerusalem. atthe heart of the city—through a maze of alleys, past falafel shops and a run-down Turkish palace, at the outlet of a dark and musty corridor covered by a stone archway—is the home of Issa Muhammad al- Sharawneh and his wife, Sabha. Their home faces the House of God. As they come and go, they pass by His wall. The stones have been smoothed by centuries of reverent touching, and tufts of grass grow out of its jagged crevices, seeking sunlight. It should be a splendid place to live. Yet the Sharawnehs are Muslim, and God, in this case, is Jewish.