• The Haj

  • By: Leon Uris
  • Narrated by: Neil Shah
  • Length: 21 hrs and 31 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (859 ratings)

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The Haj

By: Leon Uris
Narrated by: Neil Shah
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Publisher's summary

Leon Uris retums to the land of his acclaimed best-seller Exodus for an epic story of hate and love, vengeance and forgiveness. The Middle East is the powerful setting for this sweeping tale of a land where revenge is sacred and hatred noble. Where an Arab ruler tries to save his people from destruction but cannot save them from themselves. When violence spreads like a plague across the lands of Palestine - this is the time of The Haj.

©1984 Leon Uris (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

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Helps Westerners Grasp an Understanding

The Haj is a book that needs to be heard/read by all. This book is an eye opener. It takes you back to around 1922 up through the 1960s. It confirms what many of us have suspected in our gut. In the Middle East, things are different. There is a level of hatred that is different. It is celebrated. Lying to the infidels is permitted, encouraged and a part of Islam. And all the sins that the westerners partake of . . . fornication, adultery, homosexuality, drunkenness, all these also exist in the Middle East. Men there regularly engage in these behaviors. And they kill their wives and daughters when they catch them in the same. This book is written in a way that is unbiased. A Jew and an Arab are friends, trying beyond all hope to help their own people . . . and for the first time I am understanding why there cannot be peace . . . why all attempts at democracy have failed and will always fail . . . why there is little hope of salvaging a people and a land so intent on hatred and self-destruction. And all those who have entered there hoping to bring peace and reconstruction, have instead brought home their own broken soldiers, who carry the wounds of war for the remainder of their lives.

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I wanted so much to like this book...

Other work by this author have been far more compelling and the narrator doesn't do the book any favors!


It took great self-discipline to finish it.

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masterful

Leon Uris masterfully crafted a story about cultures, ideals snd boundaries..A great listen. Pertinent to our times as we look at some roots of present problems.

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Still relevant after all these years

I read this in paperback when it first came out. Now years later the story still resonates well. Interesting perspective on george politics in Mid East.

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One of Uris’ Best

The most incredibly sad but intriguing stories of a time a people who have suffered by their own hands. The performance was perfect.

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Excellent narration of a Leon Uris masterpiece!

Both the book and the narration are riveting. This should be required college reading.

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Wow Wow

I loved this book. Big fan of Leon Uris books. Would give it 10 stars ⭐️ if I could!

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I thought the story and the narrator were excellent. I thought the premise was biased, but I also liked getting some historical reference.

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So tragic a tale

It is difficult understanding the plight of the Palestinian people. Leon Uris makes an attempt to explain why their recent history is so tragic. Of course, he is somewhat an apologist for the Zion movement, but, I believe his opinions are very truthful.

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Not a great book.

Leon Uris wrote some moving and educational stories. The Haj is not one of them. I now call this book 📙 a must miss story.

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