GO WEST YOUNG MAN

Living in a neighboring country to Palestine was not enjoyable, pleasurable, amusing, or exuberating experience. Everything and the whole government are focused on the ruling family. The residents are judged by their proximity and nearness to the rulers regardless of...

I LEFT MY SOUL IN BANI NIAM

Considering the catastrophic events that happened to every Palestinian family, I consider myself somewhat fortunate. I was physically and forcefully removed from the little town called Bani Naim more than four decades ago. Living in a neighboring country and...

WHEN I DIE, BURY ME IN YAGEEN

Yageen is a several century old rectangular structure standing on top of a hill. It is an ancient mosque with a tomb built inside the only room that is still standing to this day despite the erosion by the elements. The first time I enter the structure at age of five...

MANASREH FAMILY

The Manasreh family is composed of many sub-families and believed to arrive from the Arabian Peninsula to the city of Bani Na’im, 4.0 miles east of Hebron, Palestine. The city of Bani Na’im is built on an ancient Roman town known as Kufr- Brusha. This name is changed...