{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"shezaf.net","provider_url":"https:\/\/shezaf.net\/en\/","author_name":"Tsur Shezaf","author_url":"https:\/\/shezaf.net\/en\/author\/tsurshezaf2019gmail-com\/","title":"The Silk Road - shezaf.net","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"dMWrSKt6Um\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shezaf.net\/en\/product\/the-silk-road\/\">The Silk Road<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/shezaf.net\/en\/product\/the-silk-road\/embed\/#?secret=dMWrSKt6Um\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Silk Road&#8221; &#8212; shezaf.net\" data-secret=\"dMWrSKt6Um\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/shezaf.net\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/shezaf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/1993\/07\/\u05d7\u05d6\u05d9\u05ea-\u05d3\u05e8\u05da-\u05d4\u05de\u05e9\u05d9.jpg","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":850,"description":"Tsur Shezaf, in his unique language and style, describes encounters in\u00a0the distant deserts of Tibet and Somalia as well as in deserts closer at\u00a0hand - the Arab Desert in Jordan, the Sahara, the Sinai and the Negev. On the background of the awe of the desert, traveling in trains, in\u00a0buses, in taxis and in airplanes, Shezaf encounters Berbers, Kashmiris,\u00a0Ladaks and Bedouin. Is the desert the arid Tibetan plateau? Or the\u00a0wandering sands of the Sahara? Or perhaps it is the dry savannahs of Somalia during the civil war there when the inhabitants were dying of\u00a0starvation? Shezaf, a veteran traveler and an experienced writer, may\u00a0already definitely be considered one of the pioneers in the field of\u00a0Hebrew travel writing. In his accounts, he develops the description of the journey as the backbone of the plot and as a literary framework in\u00a0\u00a0 its own right. His ability to observe and describe make reading this book engaging and interesting. Tsur Shezaf, who has traveled on the Trans-Siberian railway and followed the Silk Road, knows just what a great traveler is. Moshe Gila'd"}