WOMEN BEHIND THE WALL

For more information about this episode, please visit our website here. This is a special episode highlighting the impact of the novel coronavirus in our context, and more specifically, on Palestinian women and men living under occupation.

All interviews were conducted via online social platforms in accordance with the social distancing, shelter at home, and lockdown restrictions that we are currently facing.

Thank you to Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) for helping to sponsor this episode. You can find them at www.cmep.org, and on Facebook and Instagram. CMEP does not necessarily agree with all the views expressed here, and those interviewed do not speak on CMEP’s behalf.

A Palestinian grandmother caring for her elderly father dreams of emigrating to be with her children and grandchildren abroad.

An Armenian woman from Jerusalem living in the West Bank on how her Armenian identity gives her a different role in the conflict and a different life experience from her Palestinian neighbors.

A single, Palestinian-Israeli woman from a Muslim-background on how her family responded to her changing her religion and her work among women in East Jerusalem.

A Palestinian-Israeli woman from the Galilee, on her marriage to a West Banker, and her reflections on identity and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

An American Christian woman in Israel, sharing stories about her work among East Jerusalemite and West Bank women, on the high prevalence of trauma and domestic violence, and how military checkpoints, children’s arrests, and night raids affect women.

A Palestinian mother from East Jerusalem on her marriage to a West Banker, the challenges of trying to pass on her legal status to her children, and her longing to experience her basic human rights.

A Palestinian woman on creating space for healing in her community and how to give the next generation of Palestinian children, including her own, a healthy sense of self and wholeness despite the everyday realities of a military occupation.

A young, single Palestinian woman, reflecting on growing up under occupation and the theological challenges she experiences due to Western Christian justification of the occupation in the Holy Land.

A Palestinian mother reflecting on the challenges of raising her children without hatred, while struggling to find answers about the injustice they regularly experience.