Category: Journals

  • ‘I’m still open’ – against the odds in al Khalil

    ‘I’m still open’ – against the odds in al Khalil

    December 30 – Al Khalil (Hebron) By Birdie This week has been a bad one for al Amal. Soldiers issued new threats to him, a souvenir-shop owner on the main drag in the Old City of Hebron (al Khalil), and his neighbours demanding that they close. And today, the mosque director refused to be searched…

  • Stories from the Palestinian olive harvest under occupation

    Stories from the Palestinian olive harvest under occupation

    Ahmad smiles, his eyes black, his wrinkles deep. He speaks his basic English as he lugs around plastic bags and water bottles: a breakfast that looks to me more like lunch. His olive grove is in front of a settlement; one of many Israeli settlements that are illegal under international law but have been colonizing…

  • Vigil for Prisoners in Ramallah

    Vigil for Prisoners in Ramallah

    by Birdie ________________________________________________________________ Today I went to a protest. This isn’t something I had necessarily expected to do on the West Bank. We’re told that the risk level at demonstrations is high; Ayşenur was murdered at one. And I had made a solemn promise to my very anxious friends and family back home that I…