All Videos Tagged israel (CrimeSpace) - CrimeSpace 2024-05-06T10:40:31Z http://crimespace.ning.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=israel&rss=yes&xn_auth=no My book shtick in full tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-03-22:537324:Video:189048 2009-03-22T09:04:16.974Z Matt Rees http://crimespace.ning.com/profile/MattRees <a href="http://crimespace.ning.com/video/my-book-shtick-in-full"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/57504746?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>At the Jerusalem Book Week, I gave a talk about how I came to write my Palestinian crime series. With the discussion afterward, it ends up being over an hour long, including some talk about crime novels, the Middle East, politics and my personal… <a href="http://crimespace.ning.com/video/my-book-shtick-in-full"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/57504746?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />At the Jerusalem Book Week, I gave a talk about how I came to write my Palestinian crime series. With the discussion afterward, it ends up being over an hour long, including some talk about crime novels, the Middle East, politics and my personal history. Welcome to Palestine tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-02-10:537324:Video:181176 2009-02-10T15:14:05.068Z Matt Rees http://crimespace.ning.com/profile/MattRees <a href="http://crimespace.ning.com/video/welcome-to-palestine"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="90" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/57504718?profile=original&amp;width=112&amp;height=90" width="112"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>Crime novelist Matt Beynon Rees, whose work has been compared to Graham Greene and John Le Carre, welcomes you to Palestine with an atmospheric, dramatic tour of the scene of his mystery novels about Palestinian detective Omar Yussef. His books take readers from Bethlehem, to Gaza, to Nablus and the rest of the West Bank and Arab world. Here Rees gives you a flavor of that dangerous region… <a href="http://crimespace.ning.com/video/welcome-to-palestine"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/57504718?profile=original&amp;width=112&amp;height=90" width="112" height="90" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Crime novelist Matt Beynon Rees, whose work has been compared to Graham Greene and John Le Carre, welcomes you to Palestine with an atmospheric, dramatic tour of the scene of his mystery novels about Palestinian detective Omar Yussef. His books take readers from Bethlehem, to Gaza, to Nablus and the rest of the West Bank and Arab world. Here Rees gives you a flavor of that dangerous region in the style of the classic detective noir of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett that inspired him. The Dark Side of Bethlehem tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-02-10:537324:Video:181174 2009-02-10T15:12:34.710Z Matt Rees http://crimespace.ning.com/profile/MattRees <a href="http://crimespace.ning.com/video/the-dark-side-of-bethlehem"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="90" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/57504693?profile=original&amp;width=120&amp;height=90" width="120"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>Crime novelist Matt Beynon Rees unveils the dark side of Jesus' birthplace, the Palestinian town of Bethlehem in the West Bank. Rees introduces Omar Yussef, the hero of his Palestinian mystery novel, The Collaborator of Bethlehem, and takes viewers on a tour - not just of the famous Christian sites, but also the violent, dangerous refugee camp where much of the action in his novel… <a href="http://crimespace.ning.com/video/the-dark-side-of-bethlehem"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/57504693?profile=original&amp;width=120&amp;height=90" width="120" height="90" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Crime novelist Matt Beynon Rees unveils the dark side of Jesus' birthplace, the Palestinian town of Bethlehem in the West Bank. Rees introduces Omar Yussef, the hero of his Palestinian mystery novel, The Collaborator of Bethlehem, and takes viewers on a tour - not just of the famous Christian sites, but also the violent, dangerous refugee camp where much of the action in his novel take place. The Samaritan's Secret tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-02-10:537324:Video:181171 2009-02-10T15:10:30.653Z Matt Rees http://crimespace.ning.com/profile/MattRees <a href="http://crimespace.ning.com/video/the-samaritans-secret"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="90" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/57504714?profile=original&amp;width=120&amp;height=90" width="120"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>Crime novelist Matt Beynon Rees explores the hidden world of the Samaritans, descendants of Jesus's "Good Samaritan," in their hilltop village overlooking the violent Palestinian town of Nablus. Rees introduces his third Palestinian detective novel "The Samaritan's Secret," which takes place in the Samaritan village and in the murky alleys of the ancient Nablus casbah. Rees shows some of… <a href="http://crimespace.ning.com/video/the-samaritans-secret"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/57504714?profile=original&amp;width=120&amp;height=90" width="120" height="90" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Crime novelist Matt Beynon Rees explores the hidden world of the Samaritans, descendants of Jesus's "Good Samaritan," in their hilltop village overlooking the violent Palestinian town of Nablus. Rees introduces his third Palestinian detective novel "The Samaritan's Secret," which takes place in the Samaritan village and in the murky alleys of the ancient Nablus casbah. Rees shows some of the locations from the novel in this video.