Tea with Hezbollah

Sitting at the Enemies' Table - Our Journey Through the Middle East

By: Ted Dekker, Carl Medearis

Narrated by: George K. Wilson

Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

Is it really possible to love one's enemies? That's the question that sparked a fascinating and, at times, terrifying journey into the heart of the Middle East during the summer of 2008. It was a trip that began in Egypt, passed beneath the steel-and-glass high-rises of Saudi Arabia, then wound through the bullet-pocked alleyways of Beirut and dusty streets of Damascus, before ending at the cradle of the world's three major religions: Jerusalem.

Tea with Hezbollah combines nail-biting narrative with the texture of rich historical background, as listeners join novelist Ted Dekker and his coauthor, Middle East expert Carl Medearis, on a hair-raising journey. They are with them in every rocky cab ride, late-night border crossing, and back-room conversation as they sit down one-on-one with some of the most notorious leaders of the Arab world. These candid discussions with leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas; with muftis, sheikhs, and ayatollahs; and with Osama bin Laden's brothers reveal these men to be real people with emotions, fears, and hopes of their own. Along the way, Dekker and Medearis discover surprising answers and even more surprising questions that they could not have anticipated - questions that lead straight to the heart of Middle Eastern conflict.

©2010 Ted Dekker and Carl Medearis (P)2010 Tantor

An interesting look at an unfamiliar world....

This is a very interesting look into a world that I have never walked it. The author just lets the folks that they interview speak their mind and tries to ask similar questions to differient parties to try to get an "apples and apples interview". It is an interesteing concept. Medearis and Dekker give minimum commentary and don't try to argue or disuade the other folks from thier views. It is interesting to hear about us from another set of eyes. I am not sure if the folks they interview are really speaking their mind or are they just using this book as a vehicle to convice us they really are not the enemy. Worth the read.
John - GJ Colorado

Think for Yourself

Fascinating, intriguing and interesting story. A lot of truth mixed with fiction. Very well done and insightful. Should be a must read for US Congress. Press On!!!

Loved this book!

This is a great book to read and ponder the truth contained in its pages.

Interesting book

This book is about everything BUT Hezbollah. I'm writing this not as a bad comment but rather as a encouragement for everyone to read the book.

Along the way toward meeting Hezbollah, authors encounter numerous people and their stories, opening the door toward almost unknown side of people living in the Middle East.

Simple and Raw

Excellent listen! No agenda, just raw conversations with our (United States) enemies. Dekker and Medearis keep it simple and straight forward and let the interviews speak for themselves. Awesome for those interested in the Holy Land.

Thought-provoking

This is a very worthwhile book. I found myself regularly reflecting on a fact that I've often found to be true. We (Christians, Muslims, Jews, mankind in general) are much more alike than we are different. The key, as this book reveals, is to see ourselves in each other.

amazing

absolutely one of the best books I've ever read or listened to. I believe everyone should read this and take the values to heart. thank you very much Ted and Carl. I hope to be doing similar things with my wife in the not so distant future. God Bless.

Over the top great book

I did not have any idea what to expect from this book except that it was about the Middle East and I wanted to know more about the subject. When the book began I was rather turned off by the casualness of it and was prepared to be disappointed. I was not. I was also concerned when I heard that the book was about to be about Jesus and the Second Commandment. I was not up for any kind of proselytizing. At that point I did not even care for the narrator. The book soon changed or I did. After about the first chapter or two I was hooked and could not stop listening.

The book is mostly interviews with people of the area. Sometimes they are "common folk," sometimes rather "uncommon." I loved the questions asked by the interviewers. The questions were not so much of a political nature as they were of a human nature and personal interest. These questions and their answers, I believe, told us more about the people themselves and, isn't that what we really want to know and not their politics?

If we are to believe that the questions were answered truthfully, and I do, then perhaps we have a greater problem at home and particularly with the media than with the people we are lead to believe are all our enemies. Clearly, we have enemies. But many more than we might have thought love rather than hate us.

The book discusses the history and present of the Middle East. I loved it and I could not recommend a book more highly.

Disappointing

So much opportunity wasted, though I Learned a few facts, it wasn’t reporting- no clear insight about anything

Perspective

Great book, it allows the individual the opportunity for perspective rather than giving you what you WILL believe.