To Taste the Oil: The Flavor of Life in the Middle East
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.16 (794 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0990375102 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 88 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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She is a teacher, poet, and writer. The author also writes the syndicated column "Hometown Heroes" which publishes nationally online reaching Google News via Digital Journal and locally in newspapers and magazines. Find her online at KellyJadon . Her work has been featured at The Voices Project, the University of Colorado’s "Eye Contact" event (audible), Everyday Poets, New Verse News, The Write Place at the Write Time,
"in yet I feel as I if I have been on a journey experiencing the very essence of this beautiful historical city" according to Tina. I have never been to the Holy Land, in yet I feel as I if I have been on a journey experiencing the very essence of this beautiful historical city.From the moment you open the book you are brought into the language, the culture, the sounds, the beauty that is there.Kelly's poetry teaches you the language, she writes with pure imagery Amazing!!!. "This Author Loves Food Metaphors." according to James R. Holland. "Basil & Spice" was the name of a blog this same author ran for years. The blog's title caused most new viewers to think it was a food or cooking website. Not so. Ditto for this book of poetry that does indeed use food metaphors as well as actual foods to introduce the readers to the Christian Cultures that have existed in the Middle East for two thousand years.So skillfully done is the writing, that many of the meals that are an important part of every. A Delicious Taste of Middle East Christian Culture To Taste the Oil: The Flavor of Life in the Middle East by Kelly Jadon packs a huge reading experience into s short book of poetry. From the beautiful cover, to the lush language, the reading experience is sensual, atmospheric. Written from the author’s intimate personal experience with Middle East culture, the tone rings with authenticity, affection and understanding.To Taste the Oil provides an insight into the often over-looked and little-under
Find her online at KellyJadon . Kelly Jadon resides in South Florida with her husband and two grown children. The author also writes the syndicated column "Hometown Heroes" which publishes nationally online reaching Google News via Digital Journal and locally in newspapers and magazines. Her work has been featured at The Voices Project, the University of Colorado’s "Eye Contact" event (audible), Everyday Poets, New Verse News, The Write Place at the Write Time, Divergent Voices and Pavilion Magazine. She is a teacher, poet, and writer. About the Author Kelly Jadon is a graduate of Spring Arbor University and holds a degree in English with a concentration on poetry
To Taste the Oil : --an important book for visitors to the Holy Land --beneficial to soldiers being deployed to the Middle East and those preparing to reside in the Middle East --intriguing reading for book clubs --educational reading for university and high school cultural, historical and literature classes. Cultures clash because the latter is rooted in traditions stemming back more than 2,000 years with its roots buried as a palm’s in the desert sands of caravans, trade routes, and the door of faith. The West does not understand the Middle Eastern mind. Christians of the Middle East are largely a forgotten people in the West. The author paints word pictures in snapshots, scenes from events in life which are passages—marriage, baptism, death, burial. Her poetry answers questions about how life in the Middle East is viewed: What is it like to live through numerous wars? Why do Christians from the Middle East live in diaspora? How do those in the Middle East live in peace? What is it like to have been a Bedouin, and later forced to settle down? Married to