Summary
Palestinian in the diaspora, a practitioner of Palestinian embroidery, whose 2019 activist delegation was her only way back to Palestine and whose account anchors Kelly’s section “Witnessing, Contextualized” (Invited to Witness — Solidarity Tourism across Occupied Palestine, PDF p.248-253). Named in the Acknowledgments among those whose words animate the book (PDF p.10-11).
Details
- Her father’s family, from Silat ad-Dhahr, is split between Jordan, Kuwait, the United States and Palestine after leaving in 1967; she asked: “How do I safely go to the homeland? And be able to see it and experience it?” (PDF p.248-249).
- Her witnessing is a witnessing for: “A big part of this trip was being in Palestine for other people” — for her father, who opposed the trip, and her partner from Gaza, who cannot go back (PDF p.250).
- After hours of interrogation at the airport the delegation left without her, and the tour bus later drove through Silat ad-Dhahr without stopping: “I would have loved to stop in my village, for, you know, just like five minutes” (PDF p.251-252).
Related pages
Invited to Witness — Solidarity Tourism across Occupied Palestine, Sarah Alzanoon, Solidarity Tourism, Witnessing, Exile