Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na June 1984, a kpọfere Friedman na Jerusalem, ebe ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka Onyeisi Ụlọ Ọrụ Jerusalem nke "New York Times" ruo February 1988. N'afọ ahụ, ọ natara Pulitzer Prize nke abụọ maka Akụkọ Mba Nile, nke kwuru na mkpuchi ya nke
Ọgba aghara mbụ nke ndị Palestine. O dere akwụkwọ, "From Beirut to Jerusalem", na-akọwa ahụmịhe ya na Middle East, nke meriri 1989 US National Book Award maka Nonfiction.