A Palestinian Jerusalemite’s memories of growing up in Jerusalem before the Nakba, as shared with her daughter through letters in later years
The infinite indignities and humiliations of daily life for Palestinian spouses living in Jerusalem on Israeli military stay permits
A Palestinian Jerusalemite remembers his childhood and its terrifying end in the New City neighborhood of Qatamon. An eyewitness testimony to the violent end of the New City.
A young man shares his lifetime of experience of dealing with Israel’s closure of Jerusalem and how it has impacted his entire life.
A vivid memoir attesting to what it was like to live through the violent transformation of the New City of Jerusalem into West Jerusalem in 1947–48
A Palestinian Jerusalemite shares his experience leaving the country through Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.
An innocent question posed in good faith changes a family’s legal status and that of all its descendants.
For one young man, the permanent residency that eluded him in his youth is more than enough.
Mai reflects on her reasons for applying for Israeli citizenship and the psychological and emotional cost of that decision.