Ayelet Tsabari's “Barefoot and Enlightened” - Listen - Israel

Ayelet Tsabari's “Barefoot and Enlightened”

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Ayelet Tsabari, born in Israel to a large family of Yemeni descent, grew up in a suburb of Tel Aviv, served in the Israeli army, and travelled extensively. As an Israeli writer, Ayelet is unusual in that she usually writes in English, not Hebrew, though the essay we are featuring today was originally written in Hebrew.

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