Summary
Palestinian comedian, actress and writer whose Daily Beast response to Anthony Bourdain’s 2013 Parts Unknown Palestine episode — “My boy Anthony brought Gaza to me” — records the episode as a virtual tour for a diaspora Palestinian denied entry to Gaza (Invited to Witness — Solidarity Tourism across Occupied Palestine, PDF p.206-208).
Details
- On Betty Saadeh and the Speed Sisters: Saadeh “sped through the Ramallah bubble, sporting a fantastic hot pink Bebe tank top, bursting negative Arab female stereotypes, and showing everyone that there is more to Palestine than slingshots”; “Betty also reminded viewers that Palestinians are trapped like rats in a cage with little open space to race or even breathe” (PDF p.206).
- Zayid, a Palestinian in the diaspora with cerebral palsy, has been denied permission to cross the Erez checkpoint to visit the A. M. Qattan Foundation’s Centre for the Child in Gaza City, and cannot handle the Rafah route: “I have seen pretty much everything between the river and the sea I am allowed to see. Bourdain showed me parts of Palestine I have been denied access to by Israel … My boy Anthony brought Gaza to me” (PDF p.208).
Related pages
Invited to Witness — Solidarity Tourism across Occupied Palestine, Anthony Bourdain, Gaza, Right of Return