“My first memory as a child growing up is of playing in the gardens, the mosque is really a gigantic garden, probably the biggest in all of East Jerusalem. Our house was about 100 meters from the mosque.” FirstsChildrenHouseMemoriesGrowing UpGrowingGardenEastJerusalemMeterMosquesChildren Growing UpGrowing Children Author:Rula Jebreal
“I was protected behind the walls of my house, the walls of the mosque and later, walls of my school. I didn't know that I was Palestinian. I knew that I was a girl, but the identity issues came later when I was 12 or 13 - then, they came in a very strong way.” KnowsWaySchoolGirlHouseStrongBehindsIssuesIdentityWallVery StrongProtectedPalestinianMosques 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
