Red Lounge

Wednesday, 3rd of December 2008 at 7:00 pm (19:00)

A reading in English and discussion

Matt Beynon Rees

reads from his

Omar Yussef Mysteries Series

Matt Beynon Rees is an award-winning crime novelist who lives in Jerusalem.
As a journalist, Rees covered the Middle East for over a decade. He was Time magazine's Jerusalem bureau chief from 2000 until 2006, writing award-winning stories about the Palestinian intifada.

• “The Dashiall Hammett if Palestine” (L’express)
• "Yasser Arafat meet Miss Marple” ( The Guardian)

For decades, Omar Yussef has taught history to the children of Bethlehem. When a favourite former pupil, George Saba, is arrested for collaborating with the Israelis in the killing of a Palestinian guerrilla, Yussef is convinced that he has been framed. But with no one else willing to stand up for the truth, it is up to Omar to act, even as bloodshed and heartbreak surround him…

The first volume of Matt Rees’ Omar Yussef Mysteries Series "The Bethlehem Murderes" published in 2007 is widely concidered as last year’s best mystery debut.
In the follow up, "The Saladin Murders" Omar Yussef, the mild-mannered Palestinian history teachers is determned to defy all the ideologues who exploit his homeland.
This time the 56-year-old Yussef travels from his home in Bethlehem to the Gaza Strip, where he is part of a team sent to inspect UN schools.
Shortly after arriving, though, he becomes embroiled in the case of another teacher, who has been arrested for espionage...

Read more:
The personal Website and Blog website of Matt Beynon Rees:
www.mattbeynonrees.com

Interview with Matt Beynon Rees on “next book”:
www.nextbook.org/cultural/feature.html?id=565

Wed, 3.12..2008 | Open doors from 7:00 pm | The reading starts 7:30pm

Location:
Red Lounge in the Willy Brandt Center Jerusalem
22, Ein Rogel St, J'lem ( Abu Tor )