This memoir was inspired by the author s encounter with Palestinian women political prisoners of NeveTirza Beit Soar It begins with the journey she took through North Africa in 1970 and ends in an Israeli jail It describes a tumultuous era the experiences of women travelling unescorted amidst men and the daily life of an Israeli prison The tales of The Prison Dance are poignant sometimes tragic but frequent ...Full description
This memoir was inspired by the author s encounter with Palestinian women political prisoners of NeveTirza Beit Soar It begins with the journey she took through North Africa in 1970 and ends in an Israeli jail It describes a tumultuous era the experiences of women travelling unescorted amidst men and the daily life of an Israeli prison The tales of The Prison Dance are poignant sometimes tragic but frequently humorous owing to the often bizarre quality of events that transpired As the author was a dancer the reader experiences these events through the eyes of Dance Powerful and affecting Great subject still current in spite of the intervening years a valuable document of those times Hank Schachte author of Killing time