Love and Desire in the Promised Land - The Private Lives of Israelis and Palestinians

Love and Desire in the Promised Land collects a dozen interviews with real-life citizens of Israel and Gaza navigating messy boundaries in their homes and bedrooms against a background of geopolitical violence. Collecting interviews conducted before the October 7 attack unleashed a new wave of bloody conflict, the book introduces fascinating individuals and couples who speak frankly about the transgressions that define their experiences with intimacy. The portrayals represent a diverse population, including an interfaith celebrity power couple, an Orthodox gynecologist, a young gay Muslim, a Palestinian American feminist, a Ukrainian-Israeli artist, and a Palestinian lesbian in a relationship with an Israeli soldier.
Through these candid conversations, recorded by Parent-Rachdi and illustrated with a warm touch by Deloupy, the authors humanize the people living in Israel and Gaza. As conflict wages around them, these ordinary citizens struggle with their all-too-human urges and desires that drive them to cross borders and boundaries in the name of love and sex.

About the author

Salomé Parent-Rachdi is a freelance journalist based in Paris. She was a correspondent in Israel and the Palestinian Territories from 2017 to 2020. She works for the written press and produces podcasts and TV documentaries.

Product details

• Authors: Salome Parent-Rachdi
• Assisted by: Deloupy (Illustration)
• Publisher: Turnaround
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 09.06.2026
• EAN: 9798875001697
• ISBN: 979-8-8750-0169-7
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine, Graphic Novels, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Religious, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Romance, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction / Journalism, Graphic novel & Comic book: types, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction / Politics & Philosophy