"Dorit Rabinyan, All the Rivers"

https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/interview-dorit-rabinyan

Contemplate Rabinyan's perspective in these interviews, analyze how the novel explores dimensions of identity, separation, and isolation as to how "these two young Middle Eastern lovers" carry the conflict within themselves?

1. Rabinyan states, "I don't think the relationship is a reflection of the conflict, it is more a reflection of the fact that these two young Middle Eastern lovers carry the conflict within themselves. It isnot only part of their biography, it is also an element of their personality and their view of the world. It's who they are. They carry the conflict, the ambivalence, and the complexityof being an Israeli and a Palestinian." Analyze how the relationship of Liat and Hilmi is impacted by their diasporic existence in NYC and the complexity of being an Israeli and a Palestinian?

• Include at least two quotes from the novel, and interpret/analyze the significance of these quotes within the body of your post in reference to the discussion questions/guidelines.