Tag Archives: West Bank

At Checkpoints

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Taline Voskeritchian

The word itself may sound innocuous, but checkpoints are neither points nor places where people are checked for this or that possible infringement. Checkpoints are military zones–formless, ugly– where the mechanisms of humiliation try to turn human beings into tiny … Continue reading →

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Cupped hands

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Taline Voskeritchian

Every place here—from the checkpoints, to the classrooms, to the streets—is a mixture of two contradictory impulses.  On the one hand, everything matters here, and matters deeply for the entire population is in a state of double occupation.  Every action … Continue reading →

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