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The Big Shift: Series 1. The fable of the town mouse and the country mouse, revisited
In this epic, futuristic adventure, sixteen year old Greta sets out from her tree house village, deep in the ancient forest in search of her long lost twin sister and the father she has never met. The story is set against the backdrop of a world which has been taken over by an Artificially Intelligent Supercomputer called O.
329 pages, Hardcover
Published September 3, 2023
About the author
Gideon Weigert
15 booksGideon Weigert is an Israeli Journalist specializing in Arab affairs.
His interest in Arab life dated back to the mid 1930s, when he began a six-year intensive study of the Arabic language and culture, Islam and its teachings. "Living in" with Arab families, first in Haifa, then in Jerusalem, brought him to the Arab National College "A-Nahda" from where he graduated as the first Jewish student of an Arab teachers' seminary. There he established deep friendships with Arab youths from all over the country that were maintained afterwards.
Between 1942-1945, Weigert concentrated on Oriental Studies at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, after which he began his career as a journalist specializing in Arab Affairs. At the time he became a staff memberm of "The Palestine (now The Jerualem) Post" where he wrote on the Arabs and Druse in the Holy Land.
After the Six Day War, Weigert resumed his ties with friends and classmates in the occupied areas, subsequently he became more and more involved in research in these areas.
On May 1, 1970, despite the official Israeli boycott, Weigert went to Geneva where he testified for three hours before the three-man U/N. Committee set up to investigate the Practices Affecting Human Rights of the Population in the Occupied Territories.
After that time, he completed a one year research study on "the Cooperative Movement in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip; 1948-69," and afterwards, continued his research work in the territories.
His interest in Arab life dated back to the mid 1930s, when he began a six-year intensive study of the Arabic language and culture, Islam and its teachings. "Living in" with Arab families, first in Haifa, then in Jerusalem, brought him to the Arab National College "A-Nahda" from where he graduated as the first Jewish student of an Arab teachers' seminary. There he established deep friendships with Arab youths from all over the country that were maintained afterwards.
Between 1942-1945, Weigert concentrated on Oriental Studies at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, after which he began his career as a journalist specializing in Arab Affairs. At the time he became a staff memberm of "The Palestine (now The Jerualem) Post" where he wrote on the Arabs and Druse in the Holy Land.
After the Six Day War, Weigert resumed his ties with friends and classmates in the occupied areas, subsequently he became more and more involved in research in these areas.
On May 1, 1970, despite the official Israeli boycott, Weigert went to Geneva where he testified for three hours before the three-man U/N. Committee set up to investigate the Practices Affecting Human Rights of the Population in the Occupied Territories.
After that time, he completed a one year research study on "the Cooperative Movement in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip; 1948-69," and afterwards, continued his research work in the territories.
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