Travel
Poetry, pain and prayer: travels through Ramallah in Palestine
It’s a place of shocking contrasts – biblical landscapes of desert and fig trees, bustling cities, refugee camps, a painful past and an uncertain future – and it’s impossible to remain detached from the harsh daily reality of life in a territory under constant threat
I’ve always loved the Jewish toast, “Next year in Jerusalem,” filled with the poetic longing of the exile. When the plane lands in Tel Aviv, I feel an urge to kiss the ground because I have finally made it to the promised land (I didn’t – I couldn’t find a place to do this without making a spectacle of myself). I break into a smile when the young woman checking visas says, “Shalom.” To hear ...
