My daughter’s kindergarten is making a video about nationalities. It’s a complicated topic for us. Her father and I can’t even drive the same car I came home at 4 a.m. from a short work trip abroad. Osama...
I went for a morning run with my son in a stroller and felt my eyes and throat burn. Tear gas thrown by Israeli soldiers. “Aaaaaaahhhhhh!” Adam’s voice. I heard Osama trying to calm him down. 5:20 am....
On a morning run, I discovered that settlers took over a spring that Ein Qinya is known for, on lands belonging to a Palestinian family Every time I return from time abroad, I notice the changing scenery in...
I never consciously decided to speak Hebrew with my daughter, but it became a kind of connection between her and me, like our private language “Imaaaaaaa!” As usual, Forat awoke screaming. Five in the morning. I was sitting...
The first time I heard my daughter refer to herself as Jewish was when an Israeli soldier prevented us from traveling, thinking we were Palestinian We had been in the new house a week and a half, and...
After a year abroad, we came home to Ramallah. The children and I landed in Israel while Osama, my partner, had to fly into Jordan After a year in the United States, we returned to Israel/Palestine. This time,...
