who claimed that they were doing something heroic. and it turned to be that they were looking for a jew to kill him, just because he is a jew. at that time, i got to know a friend a mutual friend for me and for mr. oz, who came to visit us at that time. and we were talking about how we can keep the memory of our son in a way that it will be kept for long, long time. okay. let me ask you, mr. oz. what did you think when mr. khoury asked to have your seminal work, a tale of love and darkness, translated into arabic? i was deeply moved by mr. khoury s generous proposal to translate a tale of love and darkness into arabic at his expense. and i thought it s a very powerful way to commemorate
and he was shot by palestinians who claimed that they were doing something heroic. and it turned to be that they were looking for a jew to kill him, just because he is a jew. at that time, i got to know a friend a mutual friend for me and for mr. oz, who came to visit us at that time. and we were talking about how we can keep the memory of our son in a way that it will be kept for long, long time. okay. let me ask you, mr. oz. what did you think when mr. khoury asked to have your seminal work, a tale of love and darkness, translated into arabic? i was deeply moved by mr. khoury s generous proposal to translate a tale of love and darkness into arabic at his
george khoury, the slain son of mr. and mrs. khoury, because i felt this particular book, a tale of love and darkness, can open many hearts in the arab world and can remove many prevailing stereotypes in the arab world. mr. oz, just tell me the story, the essential story, and why you thought that it could have that effect in the arab world? a tale of love and darkness is a combination of a family story, chamber music, and at the same time, also a saga of the birth of the nation, the birth of the israeli nation. it s about the 1940s in jewish and the 1950s in early israel. and it renders the story of the jews in this country in a non-heroic way and in a way that is always attentive to the palestinian plight and to the palestinian perspective and
to honor his son, khoury has now commissioned an arabic translation of one of israel s most famous novels. it s called a tale of love and darkness, and it s written by this man, amos oz, israel s most prominent author. we spoke to them both this week. joining me now from tel aviv, amos oz, and from jerusalem, elias khoury. and this is the first time they re appearing together on international television. gentlemen, thank you so much for joining me to talk about this remarkable story. mr. khoury, if i could ask you first, what led you what is the story as we mentioned that led you to have mr. oz s book translated into arabic? as you know, my i lost my son on the 19th of march, 2004, while he was jogging. he was a student at the hebrew university. and he was shot by palestinians