Background
Hyams, Philip was born on February 9, 1954 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Frank and Eileen Hyams.
("I believe I would have killed Ahmed. Oh why did they pre...)
"I believe I would have killed Ahmed. Oh why did they prevent me? Yet...I know it is not him. He cannot be held to blame. We are produced by a culture. A culture is fabricated from the years, the centuries of crime which preceded it. I too am guilty. Maybe this is also the reason I am locked up here behind these walls. I am guilty of believing in an ideal. It was a crime for my culture to instill those ideals within my soul." A contemporary twist on the classic tale of forbidden love, Canaan Barred is the story of one man's desperate attempt to find meaning in a world where prejudice, bigotry, and hatred conspire to destroy his humanity. By way of intensely personal and haunting images - visions both dark and futile, yet also poignantly hopeful - the reader is swept through the story of a great love, an emotional tempest complicated by the struggle for survival of two proud peoples. On a deeper, more symbolic level, Canaan Barred is a novel about escaping the bondage of historical and collective hate. It is a book about peace and individual freedom, an allegorical and profound love story. When considering the current situation in the Middle-East today, it could possibly be even a true tale. In an age when religious and political fundamentalism of all kinds is proliferating - Canaan Barred courageously argues for human dignity, love, tolerance, and the sanctity of Life.
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Hyams, Philip was born on February 9, 1954 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Frank and Eileen Hyams.
("I believe I would have killed Ahmed. Oh why did they pre...)
Member Commonwealth Association Journalists (director aboriginal affairs 1994-2000).
Married Lisya Ahituv, August 20, 1987. 1 child, Eitan.