Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Littafinsa da aka fi sani shi ne "Fitowa", wanda aka buga a shekara ta 1958. Yawancin kafofin sun nuna cewa Uris, ya motsa shi da sha'awar Isra'ila, ya ba da kuɗin bincikensa don littafin ta hanyar sayar da haƙƙin fim ɗin a gaba ga MGM da kuma rubuta labaran jarida game da yakin Sinai
, wanda aka ce ya shafi shekaru biyu na bincike, da kuma dubban tambayoyi. Ya kasance mafi kyawun sayarwa a duk duniya, an fassara shi zuwa harsuna da yawa, kuma an sanya shi cikin fim a cikin 1960, wanda Paul Newman ya yi, wanda Otto Preminger ya jagoranta, da kuma cikin wasan kwaikwayo na Broadway na ɗan gajeren lokaci a 1971.