The author, Richard Oestermann, is responsible for most of the photographs in this book. Born in Denmark, Richard Oestermann is a journalist who received his education in the United States, among other countries. He has lived in Israel since 1961, when he came to the country with hundreds of foreign journalists to cover the trial of the notorious war criminal, Adolf Eichmann. Since then, he has worked as a journalist and political commentator in the Middle East for the Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish press.

Richard Oestermann’s earlier book, Fodt pa ny, was enthusiastically received. It was published in Norway in 1998 by Exodus Publishing and in Denmark in 1999 by Thaning & Appel Publishing. In 1999 it was published under the title Born Again by Gefen Publishing House, Jerusalem and New York.