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1. Preface 2.Growing Up in a Refugee Family: Catholic and Palestinian 3.College Years The American Interlude, Part one 4.Graduate Studies The American Interlude, Part Two 5.Experiencing Bethlehem University and the Palestinian Rebirth. 6.Church and Civil Society Striving for Progress 7.Reflections on the Future of Palestine 8.Epilogue

Amidst a sometimes confusing barrage of news about the Middle East, Dr. Bernard Sabella, a Palestinian Christian, offers an enlightening, often humorous, personal narrative accompanied by reflections on lessons learned from his life in a conflict zone. Displaced from his home in infancy with his refugee family and educated in Jerusalem’s Old City before pursuing university studies in the US, he blossomed into a committed educator, scholar, member of the Palestinian Parliament, and director of a church aid agency. Throughout his life Dr. Sabella has never lost his focus on the goal of promoting peace through understanding, and he has never been diverted from his path of absolute nonviolence. A Life Worth Living speaks with a voice worth listening to, alternately anecdotal and analytical, touching our hearts while pondering the past, present, and future of the Holy Land.