Category: Journals
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Ali Jiddah – an alternative tour guide
6th April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Jerusalem, Occupied Palestine Ali greets us international activists with a certain kind of warmth that those who are foreign to the middle east (or Palestine in this case) may have never experienced or have been accustomed to in our home countries. We have all learned very quickly to appreciate the…
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A night of protective presence needed
3rd April 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | al-Khalil, occupied Palestine The two boys met us at the store, shouting the name of our Palestinian contact and waving us along. The cobbled stones in the alley made a nice contrast to the darkness of the night. My feet landed softly on the mud…
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Laila: an unexpected entrepreneur and feminist
23rd March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied West Bank I’ve wanted to find out more about Laila since I met her on my first day here. She is the only woman storekeeper in the souk and she has a bed and breakfast here. One evening I saw her standing up…
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Jamal, steadfastness and a death
21st March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Ni’lin, occupied Palestine Jamal is younger than I am but he doesn’t look it. He is always there, as are all the storekeepers in the souk and he always greets us, as does nearly everybody (walking down the souk when it is open can be…
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Checkpoint harassment – everyday ‘normality’?
17th March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) is a city of far too many checkpoints. Operated by heavily armed Israeli forces, they create obstacles that all Palestinians must cross in order to go about their daily lives in al-Khalil: to go to school or work, to…
