Thomas L. Friedman

b. 1953

Thomas L. Friedman grew up in Minnesota and attended Brandeis University. He is a foreign affairs reporter and columnist for the New York Times, whose assignments have brought him to Lebanon, Israel, New York, and Washington, D.C. Friedman writes about economics, politics, war, and terrorism in the United States and the Middle East. He has won the Pulitzer Prize several times and received the honorary title of Order of the British Empire (OBE) from Queen Elizabeth II.

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From Beirut to Jerusalem

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On the morning of June 1, 1984, I drove from Beirut to Jerusalem. The taxi came early and Mohammed and I said our goodbyes in my sandy parking lot overlooking the Mediterranean, while Eddy the…