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.