Mobility

Palestinian im/mobility at Qalandiya checkpoint should be understood within the colonial framework of power.

Blog Post Perspective: Color-Coded Gates and Frightening Uncertainty in Bethany

A glimpse of the daily contortions that Palestinians endure to move about

Photo Album Lost Routes: How Travel in and around Jerusalem Was Fractured

The history of mobility and the barriers that reshaped it

Blog Post The Long, Humiliating, and Expensive Trek for Palestinian Jerusalemites Traveling to Jordan

For Palestinian Jerusalemites, Amman, Jordan, is so close, yet so far.

Blog Post A City in Distress: East Jerusalem Noir

Palestinian authors describe Jerusalemites and their struggles to navigate their daily lives despite crushing Israeli colonial practices. A book review.

Blog Post As War Drags On, Palestinians Face Difficulties Reaching Jerusalem’s Center

Israel’s clampdown on mobility since the war is being challenged by residents, whose lives are upended by the limited access to the city.

Blog Post For Palestinian Jerusalemites Living beyond the Wall, Driving Anywhere Is an Obstacle Course These Days

For Palestinian Jerusalemites who live outside the Separation Wall and want to go to downtown Jerusalem or Bethlehem, a labyrinthine maze awaits.

Blog Post Mohanad Darwish: “I’ve Never Been Surrounded by This Many Rifles in My Entire Life”

What is it like to come of age in Jerusalem as a Palestinian male?

Blog Post Perspective: The Silencing of Palestinians in Jerusalem Today Is More Obvious but Hardly New

It’s more a matter of degree.