Shortly before I left the West Bank, a friend of a friend, originally from Gaza, gave me some advice. ‘Worry about your own safety, but not too much – there’s no point,’ he said. ‘Just keep your eyes open, don’t do anything really stupid – and laugh as much as you can.’
Laura Hryhoryeuovahas quoted2 months ago
While learning street Arabic and making friends, I also found myself literally stumbling over local histories – of pilgrims, pagans, madmen, sailors, purveyors of lingerie and
Laura Hryhoryeuovahas quoted2 months ago
g friends, I also found myself literally stumbling over local histories – of pilgrims, pagans, madmen, sailors, purveyors of lingerie and
g friends, I also found myself literally stumbling over local histories – of pilgrims, pagans, madmen, sailors, purveyors of lingerie and
Riyam Alshimmaryhas quoted2 months ago
Gaza, on the other hand, looks grubby and battered, full of rubble and bullet-smacked buildings, and scraggy donkeys dragging carts along broken streets.
Riyam Alshimmaryhas quoted2 months ago
But first I had to secure an entry permit from the Israeli military, who control all traffic, human and otherwise, entering and leaving the Strip.
Riyam Alshimmaryhas quoted2 months ago
Local Palestinians sometimes joked that they were living under two occupations – one by Israel, the other by international aid organisations.
Riyam Alshimmaryhas quoted2 months ago
local non-governmental organisation
Riyam Alshimmaryhas quoted2 months ago
I have no watch and my mobile phone is switched off, so I guess the time by the sun.
Riyam Alshimmaryhas quoted2 months ago
His open-necked white shirt looks comfortably loose and though she’s completely swathed in black, including a black face veil, she’s walking barefoot like me – and they’re holding hands.
Alisa Kalyuzhnahas quoted3 months ago
I want to be happy here, but – who can be happy in Gaza?