Shay Rabineau

Apr 17, 2023 | jewishreviewofbooks.com | Shay Rabineau |Kate Elinsky |Shai Secunda

“Why are you here?” the Jordanian army officer asked. It was a good question. Why had two American backpackers gone to one of the poorest and least-visited parts of Jordan, and then walked through an absolutely uninteresting agricultural area south of the Dead Sea, and proceeded to make their way straight to the front entrance of a military base whose location was not shown on any maps, and which guarded the approach to the Israeli border? “I’m writing a book,” I said.