Description
Join award-winning author and journalist James Fergusson on an exciting journey as he tells the story of the River Jordan, one of the most revered, fought-over and weaponised waterways in the world.
Starting on the border between Syria and Lebanon, it flows through northern Israel to the Sea of Galilee before eventually emptying into the Dead Sea. It’s a river that Fergusson knows very well having travelled to every corner of Israel and Palestine in order to tell its story and the bitter conflict over its precious cargo. Along the way, he meets farmers, officials, soldiers, refugees, settlers, rioting youths, religious zealots and water experts, and engineers on both sides of the political divide.
James gives voice to the fears and aspirations of the region’s inhabitants and highlights the key role of water in negotiating future peace as hydropolitics and water rights become the next humanitarian crisis. Join him for an unmissable journey laced with politics, history and religion.
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James Fergusson
James Fergusson is a freelance journalist and foreign correspondent who has written for many publications, including The Independent, The Times, the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail, and The Economist. He is the author of seven books, including the award-winning A Million Bullets.
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