“You start questioning yourself: Who am I? Where do I belong? Where am I going? Why is my city divided? Why are we not allowed to enter in certain areas? We used to ask my father why the Christians lived in another neighborhood and didn’t come to our neighborhood. I think my father was trying to avoid having us think about these issues.” ThinkingTryingChristianUsedCertainAsksFatherCitiesIssuesAreasNeighborhoodDividedQuestioning Author:Rula Jebreal
“I think the first time I really felt that I was Palestinian was a time when I was trying to go back to school with my father at night and there was a curfew for Palestinians. My father said, "I will walk first, but you have to understand, the police will not let me go... So keep moving and don't look at me and don't look back."” ThinkingTryingFirstsLooksSaidSchoolMovingNightFatherFeltWalksFirst TimeLet MePolicePalestinianLook At MeKeep MovingLet Me GoCurfew Author:Rula Jebreal
“I was 16 when my father died, and I had a choice to come back and live in his house or I'd stay at the school. But I felt if my father wanted me to go to that school when I was 5, there must have been a reason - and I understood that reason when I was a teenager, because that school became the only place where I was safe.” IfsHas BeensReasonWantedSchoolChoicesFatherHouseFeltSafeUnderstoodDiedTeenagerFather DiedMy Father Died Author:Rula Jebreal
“My father's biggest achievement with us as children was that he taught us that everyone is human and equal, even your enemy has the same needs and wants that you do: understanding, love, inclusion.” WantNeedsHumansChildrenFatherUnderstandingEnemyTaughtEqualAchievementInclusionTaught UsNeeds And WantsUnderstanding Love Author:Rula Jebreal
“My father was my mother's home, the one place that she knew she could be safe. It was all a journey of faith for him, and I think he felt like if you don't find more love and understanding at the end of a journey like that, then you are lost - and if you only find hate and resentment, it will destroy you. I believe that.” IfsThinkingBelieveEndsHomeMotherHateFatherLostI BelieveFeltUnderstandingJourneySafeResentmentEnd Of Journey Author:Rula Jebreal
