The Divide: Seven true stories of compassion and connection, in a world that wants to keep us apart

How far is the gulf between you and your enemy? Too wide to cross? Too far to bridge? Or too deep to heal?All over the world, there are divides: victims and perpetrators; cops and robbers; neo-Nazis and queer communities; Hutus and Tutsis.Whether it is over class, race, sexuality, faith or power, the human race will always find a way to split and separate ourselves into different factions.Sometimes this is necessary for survival, and sometimes it is a matter of personal politics. And yet, although the world is more divided than ever, there are exceptions.In what seems to be a miracle of forgiveness, unlikely friendships can form between the people who seem most susceptible to enmity. In Across the Divide, Maurits Chabot takes us on a journalistic quest from Rwanda, along the border posts of Palestine and Israel, through an art gallery in Oslo and into the American prison system.He investigates how people can grow closer despite wars, ethnic tensions, geopolitical differences and violen