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Drawing on her short but astutely observed lifes experience, the. Shani boianjiu was born in jerusalem in 1987 and grew up in. The people of forever are not afraid, by shani boianjiu. Longlisted for the womens prize for fictionyael, avishag and lea grow up together in a tiny, dusty village in israel. Sep 11, 2012 the people of forever are not afraid by shani boianjiu. Shani boianjiu is a young israeli author who wrote a book, in english, about her military service. Lea, avishag and yael are school friends in a small town in northern israel. Shani boianjiu, author of the people of forever are not afraid shani boianjiu was just 18 when she, like most israelis, served a mandatory two years in the israeli defense forces.
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