Grass Doesnot Grow in the Camp - Arabic Sub English
After 20 years in Israeli prison, Balata resident Meqdad Khatib is released. His newly-wed wife pregnant when he was arrested, Meqdad had never seen his son until he was also imprisoned. Finally...
After 20 years in Israeli prison, Balata resident Meqdad Khatib is released. His newly-wed wife pregnant when he was arrested, Meqdad had never seen his son until he was also imprisoned. Finally the family is to be reunited.
The balatacamp.net girl journalist team go along to the checkpoint and Meqdad\'s house to check things out.
Along the way they come across Israeli jeeps, praise-singing grandmothers and fields of green grass.
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After 20 years in Israeli prison, Balata resident Meqdad Khatib is released. His newly-wed wife pregnant when he was arrested, Meqdad had never seen his son until he was also imprisoned. Finally the family is to be reunited.
The balatacamp.net girl journalist team go along to the checkpoint and Meqdad\'s house to check things out.
Along the way they come across Israeli jeeps, praise-singing grandmothers and fields of green grass.
Palestinian home imprisoned by 24 foot cage and surrounded by settlements - English
The al-Ghirayib family lives in one of the stranger manifestations of Israel's 43-year occupation of the West Bank: a Palestinian house inside a metal cage inside an Israeli settlement.
The...
The al-Ghirayib family lives in one of the stranger manifestations of Israel's 43-year occupation of the West Bank: a Palestinian house inside a metal cage inside an Israeli settlement.
The family's 10 members, four of them children, can only reach the house via a 40-yard (meter) passageway connecting them to the Arab village of Beit Ijza farther down a hill. The passageway passes over a road used by Israeli army jeeps and is lined on both sides with a 24-foot-high (8-meter) heavy-duty metal fence.
The same fence rings the simple one-story house, separating it from the surrounding settlement houses.
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The al-Ghirayib family lives in one of the stranger manifestations of Israel's 43-year occupation of the West Bank: a Palestinian house inside a metal cage inside an Israeli settlement.
The family's 10 members, four of them children, can only reach the house via a 40-yard (meter) passageway connecting them to the Arab village of Beit Ijza farther down a hill. The passageway passes over a road used by Israeli army jeeps and is lined on both sides with a 24-foot-high (8-meter) heavy-duty metal fence.
The same fence rings the simple one-story house, separating it from the surrounding settlement houses.