So grateful that Tehran Children was chosen, and congratulations to Benjy Balint, Sarah Hurwitz and Yaakov Katz! jpost.com/Israel-News/Sami-Rohr-Prize-announces-finalists-for-2020-literary-prize-623510 Watch video https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=840131773064204
This week, I spoke with BBC World Service correspondent Celia Hatton about Tehran Children, and we discussed the realities of life as a child refugee historically and today. Here is that segment of the show: In my book I … Continued
This full-page review appeared in The Guardian’s New Review section: What makes Dekel’s study so valuable is not just its assiduous detailing of one family’s fate during the second world war, but how it also makes us reflect on … Continued
My last major event in NYC will be at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park. Join me Wednesday Nov. 13 at 7PM https://mjhnyc.org/events/tehran-children-with-author-mikhal-dekel/ Museum of Jewish Heritage 36 Battery Place New York, NY Wednesday Nov. 13th at … Continued