No different than
“Islam,” wrote Nusseibeh, “was no different for families like ours than I would learn later that Judaism was for Amos Oz a couple of hundred feet away, just beyond No-Man’s-Land.”
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Jerusalem
Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Hi. Can I interpret the underlined sentence as “Islam was as important to families like our as was to Amos Oz ...”?
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zuotengdazuo Islam was as important to families like our as was Judaism to families like Amos O z's .. If the author was referring to the importance of those religions, then yes, you're right.
- zuotengdazuo Islam was as important to families like our as was Judaism to families like Amos O z's ..
- If the author was referring to the importance of those religions, then yes, you're right.
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zuotengdazuoIslam was as important to families like our as was Judaism to families like Amos Oz's ..
If the author was referring to the importance of those religions, then yes, you're right.
0zuotengdazuoCan I interpret the underlined sentence as “Islam was as important to families like ours as Judaism was to Amos Oz ...”?
If the context supports this idea, then yes, but without context, all we have is that the relationships were the same (no different).
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